When French economist Thomas Piketty published his book ‘Capital in the 21st Century’ in 2013, it made an overwhelming impression across the world and sparked several debates about modern capitalism and inequality.Read More
Ankara’s conflict with Athens over hydrocarbon resources in the eastern Mediterranean will be discussed in the European Council meeting at the end of this month.Read More
by Seda Taşkın The ‘normalisation’ process, launched on 1 June, has led to a reported increase of Covid-19 cases in several cities in Turkey. As emergency services have reached full-capacity in several cities, many patients have died whilst waiting to be treated and allocated hospital beds. The latest situation in the cities of Diyarbakır, Van, […]Read More
Twitter has suspended Kurdish Lesson’s account.Read More
The 6th September marks the 65th anniversary of the “pogrom” that was carried out against non-Muslims in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1955. Over 300 non-Muslim citizens were injured, eleven people were murdered and thousands of ‘non-Muslim’ houses and establishments were looted and destroyed or severely damaged.Read More
The 11th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art began on Saturday in Germany.Read More
by Desmond Fernandes Ali Çiftci owns Apec Press, which is a Kurdish publishing house based in Stockholm, Sweden. Apec has published over 300 books, including 70 Kurdish children’s books since 1988 and several texts focusing on Kurdish history and genocide. In 1992, acclaimed Swedish author Astrid Lindgren personally selected Apec to publish the Kurdish translation […]Read More
Savan Abdulrahman – Sulaimanyah Sabat Ebbas is a young contemporary artist born in 1992 in Sulaimanyah, Kurdistan. She spends her days working on illustrated art pieces inspired by her city’s culture. “To me, art is about expressing the emotions and unseen views that we might not capture in our daily lives.” says Sabat.Read More
In reference to a reported attack against sixteen Kurdish hazelnut workers in Turkey, the Sakarya Governorate denied the nature of the incident, even as the workers stated that the gendarmerie had asked them for their location where they had been attacked.Read More
Hani al-Gamal CAIRO – Political developments in the Eastern Mediterranean region have been gathering pace since Egypt, Greece and Cyprus formed an alliance to counter the expansion of Turkish influence, after Turkey signed a series of economic deals and memos with the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA). Military confrontation is now possible in the […]Read More
