Articles & Reports
Kurdistan: Women Claim New Law Erodes Their Rights
They’re angry at plans to base legislation governing marriage and inheritance on Islam.
By Amanj Khalil in Sulaimaniyah (ICR No. 261, 10-Jun-08), Kurdistan region, “Iraq”
Secular women’s groups and religious leaders are battling over how much Read the story »
Books, tears and blood, Interview with Saad Eskander
By Stuart Jeffries
Saad Eskander, director of Baghdad’s national library, wants to ‘help Iraqis understand their past and build their future’ through education. The former Kurdish fighter tells Stuart Jeffries why culture is the key, Read the story »
Widad Akrawi: The Kurds and International Agreements
Press Conference, Brussels, June 2, 2008
We are launching our new joint campaign, entitled “The Kurds and International Agreements”. The first stage of this campaign will focus on the Kurds in Turkey.
Any hasty review of the general situation in Turkey shows that for almost the past 80 years Read the story »
‘Kurdish question’ and fruits of imperialism
By Norman Markowitz
An ongoing guerilla war is raging in Southeastern Turkey and Kurdish regions of U.S.-occupied Iraq. The war is led by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which since its inception in Turkey has fought for a socialist Kurdistan that would bring together oppressed Kurdish minorities from contiguous regions. Read the story »
Sanctions against Turkey must be imposed
By Theodoros Karakostas
The European Union has just published a briefing paper on minorities in Turkey. The fact that the European Union is addressing issues of minorities in Turkey is itself positive, but utterly useless without the imposition of sanctions upon Turkey. To the average observers of the Read the story »
Kurdistan issues in press interviews: Dr Mahmoud Othman
Kirkuk is not a national issue for KDP/PUK. Mosul military campaign aim at weakening Kurds
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region “Iraq”, — Member of Iraqi National Assembly [from Kurdistan Alliance List] Dr Mahmoud Othman thinks that the current military operation in Mosul aims to weaken the strength of the Kurds in Mosul. Read the story »
English News
Bangladesh Govt. to bar illegal workers from going to KurdistanDhaka, Bangladesh, — The Bangladesh government has taken some steps to stop Bangladeshi workers from going illegally to Iraq and...
Dana Gas charters world’s largest aircraft to KurdistanDana Gas, the Middle East’s first and largest regional private-sector natural gas company, along with its project partner Crescent...
Analysis: Kurdistan government collecting oil fundsErbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region “Iraq”, — Iraq’s Kurdish region has been collecting millions of dollars in signing...
Investment Boom in KurdistanErbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region “Iraq”, — Newroz Amin, a representative from the Kurdistan Investment Authority revealed...
Arabs reject U.N. Kirkuk proposalKirkuk, Iraq’s border with Kurdistan region, — Arabs in the Iraqi Kurdish province of Kirkuk said they don’t like a...
Turkish PM keen to visit Iraq: envoyANKARA, — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed a desire to visit Baghdad and boost his country’s support...
Kurdistan parliament expresses concerns over UN reportErbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region “Iraq”, — The Kurdistan Region Parliament convened Sunday in Erbil to discuss the latest...
Kurdistan Region’s minister says Mohammed Ihsan De Mistura’s proposal on internal borders is unfairErbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region “Iraq”, — The preliminary analysis that was submitted by Stefan De Mitsura, the head of...
Mullah Krekar, still a headache for NorwayBrussels, — It is nearly 10 years Norway still working hard to send “Mullah” Krekar, the founder of terrorist-group Ansar-Al...
Turkish warplanes strike Kurdish PKK rebels in Iraqi KurdistanAnkara, — Turkish warplanes bombed Turkey’s separatist Kurdish PKK rebels in neighbouring Kurdistan region of “northern...
Turkey: The honor of being KurdishTurkey, — Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal has said, “Ethnic identity is a personal honor.”...
Iraqi Kurdistan oil ready with no place to goErbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region “Iraq”, — Iraqi Kurdistan administration said they are ready to ship $18 million worth...
German court releases PKK leader’s purported ex-girlfriend Ayfer KayaBERLIN, — A high court in Germany has released a member of the separatist organization of the Turkey’s Kurdistan Workers’...
