BIA 12.10.2007 Prominent Kurdish Writer Uzun, who lived in Sweden for a long time, died yesterday (11 October). His death is a great loss to Kurdish literature.After being treated for stomach cancer for a long time, Kurdish writer Mehmed Uzun died in Diyarbakir (south-eastern Turkey) yesterday. His funeral will be on 13 October.
Autor and Founder ofModern Kurdish Literature Kurd Mehmet Uzun dead this morning
AMED -11.10.2007
Author Mehmed Uzun, considered a founder of Kurdish literature, died of stomach cancer Thursday in Amed (Kurdistan) in hospital sources said. He was 54.Uzun, who spent 28 years in exile as a political refugee in Sweden.
Turkey arrests nine for calling Kurd rebels "martyrs"
(Reuters) - Turkish authorities have arrested nine members of a pro-Kurdish political party for referring to Kurdish separatist rebels as "martyrs", security sources said on Sunday.
Kurdismedia-It takes less than an hour driving west from the relative safety of Hewler (Erbil), the administrative capital of the Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, for a traveler to reach the provincial boundaries of Hewler and end up in the Mosul province. Lying just over this somewhat artificial but nonetheless very significant border is the city of Mexmur (Mahmur or Mahmour), which hosts a large UNHCR-administered refugee camp that serves as home for thousands of Kurds originally from Turkey, the first of whom were driven from their homes in 1994.
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BIA 12.10.2007 Prominent Kurdish Writer Uzun, who lived in Sweden for a long time, died yesterday (11 October). His death is a great loss to Kurdish literature.After being treated for stomach cancer for a long time, Kurdish writer Mehmed Uzun died in Diyarbakir (south-eastern Turkey) yesterday. His funeral will be on 13 October.
NEWYORK (24.09.2007)- In Sanliurfa Province, many children are still working in the fields; some schools have not received teachers.
Bianet-The Van 3rd Penal Court decreed that it was not responsible for the Semdinli trial; the case has been sent to military court.
Bianet-Prof. Dr. Kaboglu has reacted to the Court of Appeal's decision to overturn his aquittal by saying that "a change in attitude takes time".
Bianet-On 20 September, the European Court of Human Rights will be busy with Turkey...
(Reuters) - Turkish authorities have arrested nine members of a pro-Kurdish political party for referring to Kurdish separatist rebels as "martyrs", security sources said on Sunday.
Kurdismedia-It takes less than an hour driving west from the relative safety of Hewler (Erbil), the administrative capital of the Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, for a traveler to reach the provincial boundaries of Hewler and end up in the Mosul province. Lying just over this somewhat artificial but nonetheless very significant border is the city of Mexmur (Mahmur or Mahmour), which hosts a large UNHCR-administered refugee camp that serves as home for thousands of Kurds originally from Turkey, the first of whom were driven from their homes in 1994.