John C.K. Daly:Controversy surrounds Turkey's Ilisu Dam
United Press International 23.03.2009-The Fifth World Water Forum ended Sunday, wrapping up a full week of dozens of meetings among governments, private businesses and non-governmental organizations. The breadth of the range of panels has been both global and impressive, but one aspect of the gathering that is bound to grow in future years is the presence and influence of environmental and green parties. While the booths of such groups at the World Wildlife Fund are modest, they sit uneasily next to those of the multinational companies and energy concerns, and in at a time of the growing influence of the Internet, their visibility can only increase, even if they lack access to more traditional media outlets.
IWPR-Not all Kurds are granted Syrian citizenship, and this restricts their civic rights and ability to travel.Many Syrian Kurds are bilingual in Arabic and Kurdish, but speak their own language within the community and would like to build cultural centres and native-language private schools.
The Boston Globe -Political scientists evaluate societies with quantitative methods. Literary figures prefer a more telling, qualitative criterion: freedom of expression.The 2006 Turkish Nobel laureate for literature, Orhan Pamuk, delivered a devastating critique of the power elite in his own country last week when he lamented the oppression of Turkish writers in a speech at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Kurdish Info 24.07.2008-Programm of Teatro di Nascosto Hidden Theatre in the Theatre Festival Volterra Teatro.Guided by Annet Henneman:
In this seminar we will approach theatre reportage and the theme of our new production of this year: Women of the Middle East. We will try to get near to the life of several women who live in a situation very different from our own,
Reporters Without Borders 21.07.2008-Reporters Without Borders condemns the indefinite suspension of Hayat TV’s broadcasts since 16 July at the behest of the High Council for Turkish Broadcasting (RTUK) for allegedly providing film of the Kurdish New Year celebrations to Roj TV, a station based in Germany which the Turkish authorities regard as an outlet of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).In reality, the footage was provided by the Kurdish news agency DIHA.
'Terrorist' Children, 'Terrorist Kurds' and 'Terrorist&
Hevalo Three members of children's choir face charges of "making propaganda for a terrorist organisation" after singing Kurdish song in U.S. music festival.
KAL has a new look and interactive service now. KAL has been promoting knowledge on Kurdish Language since 1993. KAL was the first Kurdish Website on Internet which started with one single page by Dr Dilan Roshani. Time has passed the Internet has gotten so advance that has become a necessity of every day's life.
Constanze Kolbe in Hasankeyf, Turkey for ISN Security Watch 22.05.08-When entering Hasankeyf, a city in southeastern Turkey situated on the banks of the Tigris River, a visitor is met with a depressing scene. Once a magnet for tourists and historians as an important way station on the Silk Road, Hansankeyf is now marked by unemployment and desperation, the ripple effects of the planned Ilius Dam. When finished, hundreds of small villages, including Hasankeyf, will be flooded.
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