Amed (Diyarbakır), founded on the banks of the Tigris River, has a heritage that takes in the Hurrian, Hittite, Assyrian, Persian, Roman, Byzantine, Arab and Ottoman empires.Read More
The challenging migration journey of storks, which begins every year in August, has begun. With the summer season coming to an end, storks begin a journey spanning thousands of kilometers, from Istanbul and other parts of Europe to South Africa.Read More
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Seasonal agricultural workers face precarious living and working conditions
Seasonal agricultural workers who travel thousands of kilometers from the cities of Kurdistan face precarious living and working conditions. They often do not have adequate access to safe water or electricity supplies. They have to work and live in unhealthy and unsafe conditions.Read More
A Christian cemetery space which belongs to the Rum Orthodox Church in Samandağ district in Hatay city, Turkey, has been recategorised as a ‘green field’ site in the revised construction plan. This recategorisation has been approved by the Culture and Tourism Ministry of Turkey.Read More
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The Kurdish Language Movement: ‘Without language, a person’s identity is
Ferhat Yaşar (Translated from Gazeteduvar) Beginning with the slogan, ‘Every Kurd is naturally a member of the Kurdish Language Movement’, Hareketa Zimanê Kurdî (Kurdish Language Movement), or HezKurd, will take a position outside of politics, voicing demands for Kurdish language through democratic channels, without ideology or violence. Barış Celali, one of the leaders of the […]Read More
This March, a team of dedicated volunteers was getting ready to launch the 11th London Kurdish Film Festival, scheduled for the following month. Venues had been booked and hotel accommodation arranged, when, as with every other gathering and performance, lockdown brought all plans to an abrupt stop. No-one should dismiss the horror of this pandemic, […]Read More
İşo Maroge Mesud is a 100 year old Assyrian, whose eight uncles were murdered by Ottoman troops during the last years of the Ottoman Empire. Survivors from his family settled in Til Cihan village in the Tirbespiyê district of Qamişlo. İşo states that the Turkish state has continued the massacre and genocide related policies of […]Read More
The Galata Tower, an enduring symbol of Istanbul, is an iconic medieval stone 67m (200 ft) tall structure. Every year, tourists queue to enter the tower, which offers some of the best views of the city. However, this beautiful tower, located in Beyoğlu, has been seriously damaged during “restoration” works.Read More
