The forest fires which started in Cifanê village in the Cudi Mountain district of Şırnak (Şirnex), have continued for days. Exasperated residents from the village, having contacted the authorities to find out what was being done to stop them, received this response: “Don’t keep us busy”.Read More
Isiyan Kamo – Rojava Akademiyên Civaka Demokratîk (Democratic Society Academies) have spread across Northern and Eastern Syria, opening new branches in several cities.Read More
Portrait of a ‘dangerous Kurdish director’ Yılmaz Güney was a Kurdish director, novelist, scenarist and actor. He was born in 1937 in Yenice county of Adana province of Turkey. His parents migrated from Kurdistan to Adana to work as cotton field labourers. Güney studied law and economics at university but dropped out and started working […]Read More
by Isiyan Kamo – Rojava Since 2016, Zaningeha Rojava (Rojava University) has been developing a higher education alternative to the State’s universities under the Baath regime in Syria.Read More
Elections for Hong Kong’s Legislature were controversially postponed for a year in Hong Kong. Originally scheduled to have taken place on Sunday, authorities announced that the delay was happening due to the pandemic. Critics, however, claimed that the government was scared of the election results, had they taken place on 6 September. Demonstrators took to […]Read More
Rivers and lakes support biodiversity and ecosystems. Lake Sıhke in Van, Turkey, is ‘at risk’ due to global warming and pollution. The pollution caused by lack of adequate treatment for sewage and other urban waste is severely impacting the wildlife and the lake’s ecosystem.Read More
The 11th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art began on Saturday in Germany.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
Mazlum Abdi, the General Commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made a statement regarding the ongoing situation in Rojava and Syria. Abdi stated that the issues of the region can be solved through dialogue and negotiation.Read More
Serhat – Rojava As several countries have decided to re-apply preventative and protective measures to face the anticipated ‘second wave’ of COVID-19, Rojava’s self-administration declared a new general quarantine since the beginning of August.Read More
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