KCS recaps Prof. Hamit Bozarslan’s Freedom Lecture for Rojava University (Zanîngeha Rojava / Rojava University, Sardar Saadi, Rosa Burç) where he discussed an array of global conflicts and wars of decivilization. An enlightening read on the views of a leading Kurdish intellectual.
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A powerful read that details the Turkish state’s decades long perpetuation of the falsehood that the PKK is responsible for 40,000 civilian deaths. Thoreau Redcrow explores the false claims and blatant Turkish state propaganda against the Kurdish movement.
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Dr. Thoreau Redcrow gives an exhaustive exposé on the Turkish press’s “Big Lie” that Kurdish guerrillas are responsible for the deaths of 40,000 people. An illuminating must read on how constant repetition of state propaganda can turn reality upside down.
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Shoresh Darwish provides a geopolitical analysis of the complex political chessboard being played in Iraq, regarding the growing “security” partnership between Ankara and Baghdad to weaken the KRG, combat Kurdish guerrillas, and replace the US with Turkey.
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As Turkey’s military occupation of Afrin reaches its 6th year, KCS publishes a thoroughly detailed report by David Neurdenburg (David Neurdenburg) & Szymon Jazowski on the rich archaeological history that is being systematically looted and destroyed there.
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[A look back] On the 6th anniversary of Turkey’s occupation of Afrin, this analysis by Dr. Thoreau Redcrow from last year still rings just as true. It remains a powerful indictment against the global order that continues to ignore this catastrophe.
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An overview by Theo Mitchell on the case of Shamima Begum, who remains one of the tens of thousands of ISIS detainees held by the SDF in Rojava (NE Syria). She illustrates the urgent need for an International Tribunal against ISIS.
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In honor of International Women's Day, we look back on a recent KCS piece by Dr. Shilan Fuad Hussain on the origins and meaning of the Kurdish slogan 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi' – which has become a rallying cry across the globe.
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Frederike Geerdink (Frederike Geerdink) reviews two EU Yazidi conferences that discussed their post-genocide recovery, prosecuting ISIS, YBŞ self-defense of Şengal, ongoing bombings from Turkey, and how to rebuild their homeland amidst geopolitical uncertainty.
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Tom Anderson (Tom Anderson) writes about the ways that the UK Government is acting as a censor and enforcer for Turkey by outlawing Kurdish flags and symbols of the Kurdistan freedom movement.
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LATEST: Wladimir van Wilgenburg analyses the implications of a US withdrawel from northern Syria. Will such a withdrawl result in a loss of autonomy for the Kurds in north Syria? How will the Kurds in Iraq be affected? Read further:

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In this latest Yavor Tarinski analysies the utility of democratic confederalism as practiced in the Kurdish regions of north and eastern Syria and its counter alternative to capitalist modernity’s globalization and homoginization of society and culture.
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Turkey’s ongoing bombardments of Rojava, says Hawzhin Azeez shows 'the sinister nature of the strikes, Turkey wants the Kurdish population thirsty, hungry, cold, and in the dark, but without fuel to flee.'

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The Kurdish Center for Studies conducted this interview before the latest round of bombardments. Unfortunately, since then even more damange has been caused to the region as a result of Turkish state bombardments. The civilian costs are growing.

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Selahattin Demirtaş Puts the Turkish State on Trial @Kurdish Center for Studies nlka.net/eng/selahattin…

'Demirtaş’s poetic and eloquent defense has turned the trials on their head and instead placed the spotlight on the Turkish regime’s ongoing, vast, and never-ending violence towards Kurds.”

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LATEST: Kurdish Center for Studies conducted an exclusive interview with the co-chairman of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) Salih Muslim regarding the latest round of Turkish bombardment and its implications for Rojava, regional security and stability.
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