The Year 2016, Turkey,the story of two dead bodies This is the story of İsa Oran and Mesut Seviktek, whose dead bodies were left lying on the ground for 29 days in Suriçi, Diyarbakır because they could not be retrieved. Let me first of all say this; I am writing this article so that what happened […]
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Kürdistan’da Sivil Toplum
Kürt coğrafyasında, kültür sanattan toplumsal dayanışmaya, insan hakları mücadelesine, ekolojistlere, kadın hareketine, dinî yapılara, araştırma kuruluşlarına uzanan büyük bir canlılık var. Şeyhmus Diken ve Nurcan Baysal’ın söyleşileri, sivil toplum alanındaki bu hareketliliğin rengârenk bir panoramasını seriyor önümüze. Türkiye Kürdistanı’nın iç âlemine geniş bir bakış… Kürt toplumunun geçirmekte olduğu büyük değişimi anlamak ve toplumsal-kültürel çoğulluğu görmek […]
Kurds: We are Ready for Both War and Peace! Research Turkey Author: Nurcan Baysal, Diyarbakır Institute of Political and Social Studies Date: Dec 02, 2014 Kurds: We are Ready for Both War and Peace! No one knew yet that the incidents which started with ISIS’s attacks to the Yazidis’ holy city Sinjar on August 3 would […]
From the Book THAT DAY: The “Wise People” come to Kavar Today is the fifteenth of May 2013. I set out from Tavan to Çorsin just before noon. Today we have important guests. I get to Çorsin just after the Wise People Committee is about to arrive at the villages. Clearly the Wise People are not […]
Yazidis: “Kurds have protected us; if we are going to die, we will die together” “We are waiting for our fate” We wake up to a hot day. Fall has not arrived to Silopi as of yet. With its unpaved roads and non-working trucks left on the sides of the roads, Silopi seems to me […]
Yazidis are killed by saying“La İlahe İllallah”[1] Most of the Yazidis who came to Diyarbakır are staying as guests on property belonging to the Yenişehir Municipality, which is on the way to Mardin. The site is 10-15 kilometers away from the city center, and known among locals as the picnic site. A smaller group of […]