Hong Kong: 290 arrests as people protest over ‘postponed’ elections
Elections for Hong Kong's Legislature were controversially postponed for a year in Hong Kong. Originally scheduled to have taken place...
Lake Sıhke in Van, Turkey, ‘at risk’ of pollution and global warming
Rivers and lakes support biodiversity and ecosystems. Lake Sıhke in Van, Turkey, is 'at risk' due to global warming and...
China censors Piketty’s new book
When French economist Thomas Piketty published his book 'Capital in the 21st Century' in 2013, it made an overwhelming impression...
French Foreign Minister: Sanctions on Turkey will be discussed at European Council meeting
Ankara’s conflict with Athens over hydrocarbon resources in the eastern Mediterranean will be discussed in the European Council meeting at...
Analysis of the pandemic in Diyarbakır, Van, Batman, Mardin and Urfa
by Seda Taşkın The 'normalisation' process, launched on 1 June, has led to a reported increase of Covid-19 cases in...
Twitter suspends Kurdish Lessons’ account
Twitter has suspended Kurdish Lesson’s account. The reason for suspension is unknown but Gulsuma Demir, teacher of Kurdish Lesson, believes...
65th anniversary of the “pogrom” against ‘non-Muslims’ in Istanbul
The 6th September marks the 65th anniversary of the “pogrom” that was carried out against non-Muslims in Istanbul, Turkey, in...
Zehra Doğan exhibits at Berlin’s 11th Biennial for Contemporary Art
The 11th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art began on Saturday in Germany. The Biennal's theme is "The crack begins inside"....
Interview with Ali Çiftci, the owner of Apec Press
by Desmond Fernandes Ali Çiftci owns Apec Press, which is a Kurdish publishing house based in Stockholm, Sweden. Apec has...
A Kurdish Artist Documents a City Through Art
Savan Abdulrahman - Sulaimanyah Sabat Ebbas is a young contemporary artist born in 1992 in Sulaimanyah, Kurdistan. She spends her...