Arts, Culture and Sport
11th London Kurdish Film Festival set to commence on August 15!
CENTRAL NEWS The 11th London Kurdish Film Festival, where 50 films will be screened, is set to take place between 15-24 August this year, online due to the Covid-19 outbreak. The Festival was first held in 2001 and has been ongoing till today. The festival includes the themes; Beyond Borders,...
Today in History: Aram Tigran becomes immortal
CENTRAL NEWS Kurds saved the life of his father who was an Armenian from Batman’s Sason district, during the genocide against the Armenians in Turkey in 1915. He fled with them to Syria and settled in the town of Qamishlo, which is inhabited mainly by Kurds. His son Aram Tigran...
The Sociology of Freedom, written by Leader Abdullah Ocalan available in English!
CENTRAL NEWS The Sociology of Freedom, written by the Peoples' Leader Abdullah Ocalan, is the third volume of a five-volume work titled The Manifesto of Democratic Civilization and has been published by PM Press in English. The book has a foreword by John Holloway and has been translated by Havin Guneser and...
Indigenous communities at risk in Brazil
Brazil was "discovered" by the Portuguese in 1500. In that period, about 8 million native peoples lived there, distributed in more than a thousand ethnic groups. Their ancestry dates back about 15,000 years, and a fossil of 16,400 years was found - baptized Luzia. However, there are archaeological excavations that...
PKK: “We will revive those killed in the Sivas massacre”
BEHDİNAN, SOUTHERN KURDISTAN The PKK Culture and Art Committee commemorated the 33 people who were burned down in Madımak Hotel on 2 July 1993 for being Alevi. The Committee's statement is as follows: “On 2 July 1993, the colonialist, fascist Turkish state burned 33 of our people, including intellectuals and...
Guerrilla music group release new album ‘Botan’
CENTRAL NEWS The guerrilla music group Awazê Çiya have released their new album named Botan, on all digital platforms today by the Kurdish-German Culture Institute and the institute's new digital music channel "4Kurdistan". The group attributed their work to the martyrs of Cizre-Botan's self-governing resistance in the persons of Mehmet...
“Once is not enough, die a thousand times!”
CENTRAL NEWS I want you to die now. Once is not enough, die a thousand times .. Die once after being raped in Pozantı. Once you marry your rapist, commit suicide and die. Fall sick with grief and die in the jail you were put in with fabricated evidence. Once...
Little bookshop in Istanbul launches “Bring a Turkish book, take a Kurdish one” campaign
CENTRAL NEWS Şivan Zeren, a bookshop owner in Istanbul has seen international praise after launching the "Bring a Turkish book, Take a Kurdish one" campaign, free of charge. Launching a struggle against the decreasing knowledge of the six thousand year old Kurdish language, Şivan Zeren sends Kurdish books free of...
Suleymaniye Exhibition opened in support of Rojava: “Whatever it takes, we must unite”
SİLÊMANİYÊ, SOUTHERN KURDISTAN A photo exhibition was organised in Silêmaniyê's Tewar Salon, in support of Rojava Kurdistan. The exhibition which was launched today and is set to end tomorrow saw intense participation on it's first day. A total of 25 photos are being showed at the exhibition. Speaking at the...
Guerrilla Cinema Team Release Movie ‘Berfin,’ Recorded Under Airstrikes
BEHDİNAN The mountain cinema teams, which have been continuing its activities for many years, is trying to continue the efforts of martyr Halil Dağ despite all difficulties. The team, especially trying to create a language of mountain cinema, continues this tradition with the latest Berfin film. Inspired by a real...
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