Tag: Kurds
More and more Turkish Kurds are seeking asylum in Germany
As of: March 27, 2024 4:53 p.m Many Turkish Kurds no longer see any prospects in their homeland – especially since Erdogan’s re-election a year ago. In Germany they make…
Iran strikes ‘terrorist targets’ in Iraqi Kurdistan and Syria
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards announced early Tuesday that they had launched several salvos of ballistic missiles at targets ” terrorists » in Iraq and Syria, killing at least “ four civilians…
Kurdistan drama "In the blind spot" in the cinema: Ghostland
Ayşe Polat’s “In the Blind Spot” turns the repressed trauma of the Kurdish population in Turkey into a multi-perspective mystery thriller. source site
Iraq and Syria: Killed in Turkish air strikes on Kurds
As of: December 26, 2023 2:26 a.m Several people have been killed in Turkish air strikes on Kurds in northern Iraq and Syria. There are said to be eight civilians…
For Turkish President Erdogan, there is ‘no difference’ between Netanyahu and Hitler
The atmosphere is not good between Türkiye and Israel. On Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan said that “there is no difference” between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Adolf…
Novel “The Faraway Village of My Childhood” – Culture
Sentences like this stick: “We were soon scattered around like the seeds of a pomegranate that had burst on the ground.” Even without the context, one can imagine what could…
Türkiye and northern Syria: Erdogan’s unnoticed war
As of: November 11, 2023 8:17 p.m Since the beginning of October, Turkey has been attacking military posts of the Kurdish militia YPG and civilian infrastructure in northeast Syria almost…
US shooting down a Turkish drone: Unfriendly fire between NATO partners – politics
The skies over Syria have been a complicated place for years, and a dangerous one anyway. At least 100 people were killed in a drone attack on a military academy…
Kurds, Islamic State, regime fighters… Big tensions in the “powder keg” of Deir Ezzor, in Syria
It’s hot in Deir Ezzor. This province located in eastern Syria has been the scene of clashes for more than a week between forces dominated by Kurds, supported by Washington,…
New anti-terror law: “The Kurds in Sweden are afraid”
Status: 06/01/2023 12:29 p.m Sweden has been waiting for Hungary and Turkey to agree to join NATO for more than a year. Today, a new anti-terror law comes into force…