GOG, the first Kurdish comic book for children, is being prepared for publication.Read More
Among 175,497 academics, 96,110 are men and 79,387 are women, according to data obtained from the Council of Higher Education (YÖK).Read More
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KURDISH POLITICS
Professor Kızılhan criticizes ENKS’s demand to abolish education in Kurdish
There has been increasing criticism of the Kurdish National Council’s (ENKS’s) demand to abolish education in the native language in Rojava. Kurdish Professor Jan İlhan Kızılhan, in an interview with ANHA, stated: “A person who cannot speak his/her native language cannot protect his/her identity”.Read More
Gülcan Dereli Translated from the Yeni Yaşam Newsletter Vedat Aydın was born in 1953 in the Bismil district of Diyarbakır (Amed) in Kazancı (Gundê Heciyê Kurmanca). He grew up in Kazancı and during his primary school education he attended a different school in a different village every year. His secondary school was in Bismil.Read More
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Interview with Giran Özcan, HDP Representative to the United States
MedyaNews Exclusive Giran Özcan, Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Representative to the United States of America, in an exclusive interview, shared his views about the 2020 US presidential elections and Joe Biden’s presidency.Read More
Dengbêjs are traditional Kurdish folk singers, and are known as the preservers of Kurdish culture.Read More
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MIDDLE EAST
60 years on, the children who died in Şehrezad Cinema
Translated from Gazete Karınca In 1960, 280 children were burned to death in controversial circumstances in a fire in Şehrezad Cinema in Amude, Syria. The children have not been forgotten. Those who survived by chance in the cinema recall the events of that fateful day.Read More
by Zozan Sima Translated from Yeni Özgür Politika Debates on femicide have intensified this century. It is happening because of the contradiction between the patriarchal system and women’s demands for freedom, which have intensified. As women’s awareness about their rights and freedom increases, they resist more. However, attacks against women’s rights also increase at the […]Read More
İsmail Demirbaş (49) criticized the government in a street interview in the southern province of Antalya in Turkey in October. He stated that Turkey needed early elections as soon as possible to “get rid of the bloodsucking vampires”. This interview took place in a YouTube channel where street interviews are aired.Read More
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Dengbej: The musical preservation of Kurdish myths, testimonies and history
by Eylül Deniz Yaşar – Diyarbakir Dengbêjs have a significant place in Kurdish history, transmitting the pain and the joy of the Kurds over generations through their songs. Memorizing the events of their time, dengbêjs record what they have witnessed, presenting oral histories. When there was no chance for the Kurds to write down what […]Read More
