Turkey

Karin meets Prince Hassan of Jordan at a water security conference in Switzerland last week.
It was a meeting of minds, water minds. Water consultants, ambassadors who’ve built water treaties, and government specialists and negotiators from around the Middle East

Transcript of Turkish Prime Minister Erodgen’s famous ‘one minute’ speech at the 2009 World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland

The recent decision by Turkey’s parliament to authorize the Turkish military to conduct military raids across the Iraqi border, allegedly to combat PKK militants, wasn’t met with any significant reaction from the world community. Kurdish politicians in Iraq have voiced their fears about the renewal of the mandate for operations, and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri [...]

The student movement Genc Siviller (Young Civilians) works for an open society with different language and cultures. Vedat Yildirim of the multicultural music groups Bajar and Kardes Turkuler thinks that the ideology of Genc Siviller is very important for him. He helped the NGO with training a Kurdish-Turkish choir singing songs in Kurdish.

There are major protests in the city of Agri after it was revealed that 3000 votes that went to the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) were discarded during the election process. Earlier this week, it was announced that Agri was won by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) by a close margin over [...]

This request is an urgent one. I personally am very passionate about the usage of any media to tell a story, it’s the most empowering thing. So you can imagine why I’d request for your help in pushing this forward; reading the “dream” alone is inspirational as it is:
“My dream assignment would be to work [...]

As the global community celebrated World Water Day on Sunday, many eyes were on the Middle East. The region’s ongoing water crisis is a cause for serious economic, political, and – most importantly – humanitarian concern.
So it’s great to hear that, as one of many possible solutions to the ongoing scarcity, Canada’s International Development [...]

Events that have been taking place in Turkey spread a light over Kurdish human rights violations during 1990s. Beginning of the 90s Turkish military killed hundreds of Kurdish politicians, human rights activist, journalist, students many spent years in jails and been tortured. Those who disappeared, were never returned to their home again, their bodies were [...]

Today at 1700 GMT, Turkey launched its first 24-hour TV station that broadcasts in the Kurdish language. Dubbed TRT 6, the state-run channel carries the motto, “We live under the same sky”.
The channel’s opening program, which featured the hoisting of the Turkish flag to the national anthem and a concert by a popular Kurdish singer, [...]

I went on Facebook today with a new mission, finding a Kurdish translator to help make the Kurdish language more visible on the internet, a medium that allows some Kurds to celebrate their culture at least without being entirely censored (except locally, of course.) I came across this Turkish group:
TO MAJOR NEWS OUTLETS OF [...]