In light of the recent violence in Turkey, particularly the Turkish state’s assault on the mostly Kurdish cities and towns in the southeast, the Armenian Weekly spoke with Abdullah Demirbaş, the former mayor of Diyarbakir’s...
Voice of America reports that Turkish political instability will likely add to questions in Moscow over Ankara. “They [Moscow] are aware of the difficulties faced by Turkey,” notes Haldun Solmazturk, head of the Ankara-based research...
Some might argue that the Kurdish movement, carrying on a struggle that was started by the PKK, is not a civil uprising, but an uprising started by a group of armed men and women. But...
American wrestlers were surprised by the warm welcome they received in Kermanshah (Kermashan), Iran’s Kurdistan, this week after the initial ban. The United States wrestling team was initially prevented from entering Iran for the major...
According to KMMK report from inside Urmia prison, a 63-year man was hanged in prison last week. Yusef Alizadeh, a Kurdish man charged with carrying drug, has been hanged in prison along with another Kurdish...
Alev Korun, a member of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) pointed out that there were around 2,5 million dubious votes in Turkey’s dubious referendum. Commenting on the use of unstamped ballots,...
The 8th annual report on the death penalty in Iran shows that the Islamic Republic of Iran had one of the darkest years of its history with reference to the number of executions. On average...
The air strikes had been far more significant than anything previously visited by the Turks on the YPG, the Syrian Kurd fighting group that has become the Americans’ primary ally in the forthcoming battle to...
No other Mideast community (except Israel) has a closer relationship with the United States than the Iraqi Kurds, who have played a critical role in confronting ISIS. With the jihadis on the run, the Kurds.....
In Gürpınar district of Van, soldiers and village guards (armed locals serving the military) entered the classes of the school in Hoşap neighborhood, checked the ID cards of the voters and prevented polling clerks from...