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Professor at Medeniyet Istanbul University: The PKK has had an impact on Iranian-Turkish relations
According to the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch, the Institute for Strategic Studies in the Middle East in Tehran hosted Professor Ozden Zeynep Oktav, Professor of Istanbul Medeniyet University and Director of the International Relations Department on Wednesday, December 24, 2016. The subject of this virtual meeting was the relations between Iran and Turkey in […]
A night without saying goodbye, when terrorists shoot at humanity
July 20, 2018. It was 10 pm. The ring road of Kamyaran city was silent and there was no car passing like every night. A car was passing every few minutes at that time of the night, breaking the silence of the night for a moment, and silence and calm came everywhere once again. But […]
Heyva Sor a Kurd or Kurdish Red Moon
Establishment Since 1978, the Kurdistan Worker’s Party has sought ways to provide financial support, logistical support, a ways to transfer funds to the Kurdistan region easily, and to influence the public opinion for the Kurdish cause. At the PKK’s third congress in 1986, the decision was made to establish several non-profit, humanitarian organizations in Europe […]
Belgian analysts express concern over the issuing of 50 humanitarian visas for SDF forces
According to the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch (IKHRW), several analysts and news websites in Belgium have shown protest against the proposition made by two parliamentarians to issue 50 humanitarian visas for PKK fighters, after their visit to North-East Syria. The writer and lawyer Fernand Keulenaar, famous blogger Willy van Damme, and freelance journalist Hedwig […]
Erdogan’s special envoy meets Osman Ocalan
Osman Ocalan, former member of the PKK leadership council and the brother of the group’s leader, who accused the PKK of cracking down dissent and criticism within the group and fled the organization, said in an interview that he had met Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s envoy to the peace process. He says the meeting took place […]
PKK media attacks Beşikçi; Kurdish writer support Beşikçi
PKK Media have taken a completely opposite position to the people, especially Kurdish writers and this due to the statements of the Turkish writer Ismail Beşikçi in support of the Kurdish people and calling the PKK as the enemy of the Kurds. Houshang Ose, a Kurdish writer and journalist, and a former PKK activist, defended […]
Ibrahim Guchlu: PKK was established to destroy Kurdish movements in Turkey
According to the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch (IKHRW), this year marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of the PKK militant group. As an armed group with Marxist-Leninist ideology and special teachings such as the prohibition of marriage, the PKK was initially formed with the aim of declaring the independence of Kurdistan and the […]
From Ben Gurion’s ‘Periphery Doctrine’ to Kurdish separatism today
Introduction Many articles can be found stating that Kurdish separatism today is heavily fueled by the US and/or Israel, in an attempt to undermine regional powers such as Turkey, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Syrian Arab Republic. Kurdish separatism is seen by interfering parties as a way to weaken these powers’ grip over […]
If it were not for Massoud Barzani, the PKK would not grow
Murdering citizens of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) by PKK and the practical silence of the KRG authorities continues. As such, due to the transformation of the PKK into an existential threat to the Iraqi Kurds, we are dealing with the issue. Massoud Barzani made a big mistake in the mid-1980s, and after two meetings with […]
Hoshyar Zebari: PKK is behind of the riots in Sulaymaniyah
Following the protests of the people in the Kurdistan Region, especially in Sulaimaniyah Province against the corruption of the Government, especially the delay of several months in the payment of salaries, the police of this region intensified the repression so that some Kurdish experts compared the suppression way with the ones by Saddam Hussein and […]