October 15, 2007 | Hasmik Hovhannisyan
Approximately 40 million Kurds live in the world; about 20 million live in Turkey, 9 million in Iran, 6 million in Iraq, 3 million in Syria. And the rest are scattered all over the world. Almost any European country has a Kurdish Diaspora; the largest community is 1 million people and is registered in Germany.
30 July 2007
A conversation with Australian lawyer Jonathan Morrow - an adviser to the Kurdistan Regional Government - about the growing success and safety of Iraqi Kurdistan. While many Iraqi Arabs view Kurdistan as a safe haven, its democratic success also generates suspicion and resentment from its neighbours.
Sunday, June 17, 2007 | By Joshua Partlow
IRBIL, Iraq - Iraqi border police believe neighboring Turkey has amassed 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers along its southern border with Iraq. Turkish helicopters have flown into Iraqi airspace to conduct missions against Kurdish rebels in the mountainous region, and Turkish mortar shells regularly crash down on Iraqi soil, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 | ANKARA
The pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) has complained of unequal treatment in Parliament, arguing that double standards have been applied to its 20 deputies over the immunity enjoyed by parliamentarians.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Diyarbakır nongovernmental organizations reiterate their demands for broader cultural rights at the presidential palace. Education and public services in a mother tongue were among the expectations of NGOs from main opposition leader Deniz Baykal and the prime minister, with varying results
Thuesday June 26, 2007 | By Shamal Aqrawi
The gaunt 52-year-old Iraqi army private stands on top of a rudimentary guard post fashioned from huge, sand-filled hessian sacks, brandishing a rifle.
Oct 30, 2008
İstanbul -- The court sentenced publisher Ali Rıza Vural of Doz Publishing to “doing propaganda work for the Kurdish Workers Party” by publishing Hasan Bildirici’s novel that used the words “Kurd” and “Kurdish People.”
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Nov 13 (AFP) - 12h07 - More than 10,000 people gathered Sunday in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir to call for a peaceful solution to the region's Kurdish rebellion.
