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
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Zehra Doğan exhibits at Berlin’s 11th Biennial for Contemporary Art
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
Eylül Deniz Yaşar Not all actors able to stay at their ‘luxury’ homes, striving artists remind ANKARA – As screens and stages everywhere have been hit hard by the corona virus lockdown, the lack of state funding and support—which has already crippled the art industry in Turkey— has doubled the strength of the blow, Kurdish […]Read More
Representatives of Alevi organizations have expressed their opposition to the ‘Landscape Design Project’ that is being undertaken in Munzur Gözeleri in Dersim, Turkey. After a protest meeting, they shared aşure in Munzur (it is a food that is shared amongst those gathered and the act can assume religious significance).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
