Few days ago, Leyla Zana made a visit in Southern Kurdistan, in the aim to meet Masud Barzani and Jalal Talabani, the presidents of Kurdistan …
Archive for 2006
Southern Kurdistan jammed between PKK and Turkey
May 4th, 2006 by piling in Politic, South KurdistanCall for Papers
May 3rd, 2006 by piling in History
Annales Islamologiques no 41 (June 2007)
A special issue of Annales Islamologiqueswill be edited in June 2007 dedicated to The Diplomatic Conventions in the …
The Golden House of Samarkand
May 2nd, 2006 by piling in Culture, History, North Kurdistan
In “The Golden House of Samarkand” Corto Maltese goes through Anatolia in 1920s, during the War of Independance between Kurdish-Turkish-Russian-Armenians troops. Like in “Ethiopiques” and …
Al-Maqamat
April 9th, 2006 by piling in CultureAl-Maqamat is one of the most famous books of Arab literature during the Middle-Age. It tales the funny adventures of a tricky traveler, a genius …
Nasr ed-Dîn Hoja taught Kurdish
April 5th, 2006 by piling in Culture, Uncategorized
Nasr ed-Din Hoja’s sayings are one of the best tales’ book in the tradition of crazy saints”. They are also very representative of Turkish humour, …
Öcalan : Bes,ikçi the bad guy harms Turkish State…
April 4th, 2006 by piling in North Kurdistan, Politic
This time, Abdullah Öcalan criticizes Ismaîl Bes,kçi (not surprising, if we think that all the people who made and make REALLY something for Kurdish cause …
EasternTurkey, Anatolia, Kurdistan
March 29th, 2006 by piling in HistoryIt is always interesting to ferret old dictionnaries of History and geography. Thus, the Bouillet (ed. 1880), at the entry “Anatolia” mentionned it as a …
Baskin Oran’s defence
March 10th, 2006 by piling in PoliticBoth professors Oran and Kaboglu case face trial and 5 years in jail on charges of “inciting hatred and enmity and denigration of the judiciary” …
a dam full of poision ! get a Cancer for Free.
March 6th, 2006 by Dyaoko in East Kurdistan, Politicsome days ago ,for the third time in the last four years , a truck containing 27000 liters dangrous chemical products fell into the dam …
Dancing Dervishes, tesbis and Kurdish
March 2nd, 2006 by piling in Diaspora, UncategorizedMonday, searching a tesbi (yeah I was seized with a desire to replace the one I broke some years ago) I moved naturally towards the …