Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) Executive Committee member, Murat Karayılan, spoke to radio Denge Welat. He criticised Germany and Canada on the grounds that they assist the Turkish state with its production of tanks and its Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAV’s). Karayılan also spoke about the volatile situation in the eastern Mediterranean, the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s […]Read More
One of the largest technology companies in the world, Microsoft, will now translate in the Kurdish and Sorani dialects of Kurdish.Read More
The Ministry of Health in Turkey has announced 1,517 new cases of coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours. The total number of recorded cases has reached 265,515. The total number of ‘recoveries’ is recorded as 241,809.Read More
‘Ji bo Azadiye’ (‘The End Will Be Spectacular’) is a movie dedicated to two guerrillas, Rûbar Şervan and Cîhan Sever, who died in Rojava. It is being screened across Europe. Directed by Kurdish journalist Ersin Çelik, the movie focuses on the nature of resistance in the Sur district of Diyarbakir (Amed).Read More
The late Vedat Türkali was a prominent intellectual and literary figure who lived in Turkey. His real name was Abdülkadir (Demirkan) Pirhasan and he was born on 13 May 1919 in Samsun. He completed high school in Samsun and studied Turkish language and literature at Istanbul University. In 1942, he married Merih Pirhasan when he […]Read More
Two Êzîdî Kurds are standing as candidates in municipal elections in Herford, Germany. Erdal Ekinci and Nazım Acar said that their priority is to increase Kurdish lessons in schools in the city where five thousand Kurds live.Read More
Hurricane Laura hit Louisiana and Texas in the United States of America (USA). Eight thousand homes were reportedly destroyed as 400,000 people were additionally left without power and 200,000 lost their water supply. The death toll from Hurricane Laura has reached sixteen, reported Associated Press. Carbon monoxide poisoning arising as a result of the unsafe […]Read More
Around 38,000 people took to the streets of Berlin in Germany on 29 August to protest against the government’s Covid-19 ‘containment and health’ measures.Read More
Savan Abdulrahman – IRAQ The Children’s Hospital in Erbil is the first modern hospital in south Kurdistan that was built and designed specifically for children. The hospital was intended to be a public hospital and was built with charity and public funds. It cost millions of dollars to build. The hospital was named the Kurdistan’s […]Read More
Translated from Jinnews report by Habibe Eren Even as ecological destruction has continued during the pandemic process, women have been active in the struggle for ecological protection and renewal. Peoples’ Democratic Congress’ (HDK’s) Ecology Council member, Yağmur Yurtsever, stated that womens resistance in Kirazlıyayla and Çapaklı have provided hope to everyone: “The struggle for ecology […]Read More