kurdistan

welat parezim. azadî bo kurdistan.

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Aq k*rdü

D kullanarak bana hareket ettiğin için teşekkür ediyorum!!!!

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Mountain turk

if you’re gonna insult me it’s mountain t*rk thanks

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Afrin protestosu için kendini ateşe verdi

Van Yüksek Güvenlikli Ceza İnfaz Kurumu'nda kalan Sefer Çağlar, Afrin harekatını protesto için kendini ateşe verdi. Çağlar'ın hayatını kaybettiği belirtildi.

He set himself on fire to protest the Afrin campaign

Sefer Çağlar, who was imprisoned in the Van High Security Prison, set himself on fire to protest the Afrin campaign. It has been reported that Çağlar lost his life.

DUVAR -- Sefer Çağlar, a prisoner at Van High Security Prison, set himself on fire last night to protest the Operation Olive Branch campaign.

According to ANF News, Sefer Çağlar, who was imprisoned based on a PKK case, died at the hospital he was taken too. It has been said Çağlar’s family took his body back to Muş in the middle of the night to proceed with his funeral processions.

**ignore the source, I just wanted to post this story.

This is reminisent of Mazlum Doğan, an Alevi PKK member, who set himself and his prison cell in Diyarbakir Prison on fire and hung himself on Newroz 1982. He did this in order to raise awareness on the inhumane conditions inside Diyarbakir Prison and other prisons after the 1980 coup d’etat.

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KURDISH, ZAZA, ÊZÎDÎ WOMAN (IN COLOR) by Robert Leutheuser

Leyli – Doğubeyazit (Bakûr/Western Armenia) (2007)

Daî Xonov – Girêzir, Şingal (2012)

Êlêwî Zaza woman – Ovacık region (2004)

Rahey -- Ahkmasüt (2012)

Kurdish woman – Amed, Bakûr (2007)

Êzîdî woman – Şingal

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“One of the most powerful ways that Kurdish culture is maintained is through the language of symbols embodied in tattoos and handcrafts. Some of these symbols reach back to the very beginning of our history. The symbols are our ancient written language, and every design carries meaning.

The symbols have changed very little over time. Some are tribal and have been handed down from community elders. Many are intended to ward off bad luck, or else to attract happiness and prosperity. Many of them are taken from nature and are stylised versions of animals, trees and stars. Symbols have also historically held special significance in Kurdish religions.

Most of the designs are simple forms, easy to reproduce, but they carry complex meanings that have survived for thousands of years. They are the oldest source of our history, a history that otherwise would have been lost.”

all photos by david loram.

the main pattern on this carpet represents the tree of life, which is framed by a comb symbolizing protection of marriage and birth. the star represents protection against wolves.

hand-knitted socks mainly use the symbols of protection from snake bites and represent fertility.

the diamond shape featured in this carpet represents courage and strength.

framing this carpet is a line of birds representing love and happiness. the 'evil eye' on the upper right corner wards off misfortune.

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zoné ma (our language) [dir. by aylin kaya, in zazakî and turkish]

zazakî and alevism are the subject of aylin kaya’s documentary that shines a light on an endangered language (zazakî) and culture/religion (alevism). zazakî is one of “eighteen endangered languages in turkey” due to oppressive and hegemonic laws in the turkish government which used to prohibit the teaching of indigenous languages found in anatolia. aylin kaya travels to a small zazakî village to speak to zaza people to voice their concerns about the disappearance of zazakî in the young zaza generations.

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the lost daughter of halabja

on march 16th, 1988, the kurdish town of helebce was attacked with chemical weapons, including mustard gas and nerve agents, as part of the genocidal anfal campaign against kurds in southern kurdistan. over 5000 children, women, and men succumbed to the gas and perished, and at least 10,000 suffered severe injuries, many of them still dealing with the consequences of the attack to this date. as a result of the attack, many families were split up and destroyed and several children, like maryam, became orphans. the lost daughter of halabja follows maryam’s quest to find her birth parents and family after having been seperated from them for 30 years.

watch the full documentary here 

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the turkish offensive on efrîn and the people of efrîn has almost entered its second month. efrîn has been seized by turkish forces and kurdish flags have been replaced with turkish flags. recently, avrin hospital was struck by turkish airstrikes, killing sixteen people. the turkish government continues to deny this, despite first hand accounts on the attacks. 

according to the syrian observatory for human rights (SOHR), the death doll has risen to at least 245 civilians, including 41 children. since the beginning of the attacks on january 20th, 2018, at least 650 injuries have been reported though numbers could be higher. turkey has carried out over 1000 air attacks on civilian populated areas, including schools and farms. nearly 50,000 have fled their homes.

the people of efrîn continue to suffer as the world watches. please speak out on this situation. silence kills.

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anyone who wishes to help the people of efrin can do so by donating to the heyva sor here. 

Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê has a base in North Syria and is able to obtain food, medical and other survival supplies from North Iraq and some regions in Syria to take them to Efrîn. We are calling out to the internationally community to make financial donations as any material donations can’t be delivered from Europe due to the blockade at the boarder with Turkey.

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من و تۆ، ژن و مێردین له‌ هه‌موو وه‌رزه‌كاندا، رووت ده‌بینوه‌و. له‌ هه‌موو وه‌رزه‌كاندا، جووت ده‌بین. له‌ هه‌موو وه‌رزوكاندا، مناڵ ده‌خه‌ینه‌وه‌. درخت و خاك ژن و مێردین.. به‌ڵام ته‌نیا، له‌ پاییزا رووت ده‌بنوه‌و ته‌نیا، له‌ زستانا جووت ده‌بن. ته‌نیا، له‌ به‌هارا مناڵ ده‌خه‌نه‌وه‌. ئێمه‌ ناوی كچه‌كانمان ده‌نێین              زین ناوی كوڕه‌كانیشمان، مه‌م كاچی ئه‌وان، ناوی كچه‌كانیان ده‌بێن گوڵ و ناوی كوڕاكانیشیان، گوڵا. --- min u to, jin u mêrd în la hamû warzakanda, rût dabînawa la hamû warzakanda, cût dabîn la hamû warzakanda, minał daxayînawa. draxt u xak, jin u mêrd în bałam tenîya, la payîza rût dabinawa tenîya, la zistana cût dabin tenîya la bahara minał daxanawa êma nawî kiçakanman dabêyîn                        zîn nawî kurakanîşman, mem kaçî awan nawî kiçakanîyan dabên guł u nawî kurakanîşîyan, guła --- ez u tu, jin u mêr in li hemî demsal a, rût dibîn li hemî demsal a, cot dibîn la hemî demsal a, zarok da nîn dar u ax, jin u mêr in ma bi tenê, li payîz a, luht dibiîn bi tenê, li zivistan a cot dibîn bi tenê, li bihar a zarok da nîn emê navê keçana me dabin                      zîn navê kurenê me jî dabin, mem mîna ku ewê navê keçana wan dabin gul u navê kurenê wan dabin, pel. --- you and i, husband and wife, we undress in all seasons, make love in all seasons, birth children in all seasons the earth and tree are husband and wife but they undress just in autumn, make love just in winter, create life just in spring. we’ll name our daughters                     zîn and our sons, mem. while, they will name their daughters flower their sons, leaf.

خاک | ax | the earth, qûbad calizadê (b. 1953, koyê, southern kurdistan)

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پێیان ووتم تۆ چۆن [ئه‌و]ت خۆشویستووه‌  كه‌ تۆ په‌یكه‌رت له‌به‌فره‌و چاوه‌كانی ئه‌و له‌ هه‌تاو :منیش وتم هه‌ر بۆ ئه‌وه‌ی هه‌موو ساتێ له‌ حوزووریا بتوێموه‌و ببم با ئاو pêyan wutim to çon [aw]t xoşuwîstuwa ka to peykarit la befraw çawakanî aw la hataw minîş wutim: har bo awayî hamû satê la huzûrîya bituwemawa bibim ba aw wan li min gotin te çawa ji wî hez kir ku bedenê te bi berf e u çavê wî bi roj e min jî go bes bo hemî caran ez li huzura wî helan bim bibim bo av they told me: how have you loved him, while your body is of snow and his eyes of sun? i answered: i want to be melted to become water in his presence incessantly.

په‌یكه‌ر | beden | body, by kajal êbrahîm xeder (b. 1958, qeladizê, southern kurdistan)

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on this day [27/11/2017], the PKK was founded in this house in the village of Fis, close to Licê and Amêd, in this house.

bugün (27/11/2017), 39 yıl önce PKK lice’nin yanında fis köyündeki bu evde kuruldu.

îro (27/11/2017), 39 salan berî li hindî bacarê amêd u licê li nav gundê fis ev mala pkk sazî bû.

٣٩ ساڵ له‌مه‌و په‌ش له‌ نزیكی شاری ئامێد و لیجێ له‌ باكووری كوردستان pkk دروست كرده‌وه‌

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Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran

People gather around a fire after a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3. At least 348 people were killed in Iran, seven in Iraq and thousands more were injured

Photograph: Pouria Pakizeh/EPA

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*eastern kurdistan

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a 7.2 magnitude earthquake just occurred 20 miles outside of halabja in west kermanshah, rojhelat (eastern kurdistan) [12-11-2017]

many buildings have collapsed.

more information to come as loss of life and property damage is still being assessed.

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the earthquake was felt in silêmanî and derbandixan, where according to NRT 50 people have been injured.

it has also been felt in hêwler, but no reports of damage or loss of life have been reported yet.

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61 dead and 300 wounded, Tasnim reports – 4:47 pm CT

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around 400 have been reported dead with up to 2800 injured. 😣😞💔

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a 4.4 earthquake was recorded outside of darbandixan a few hours ago [14 nov 2017]

no known damage has been reported, as of right now

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a 7.2 magnitude earthquake just occurred 20 miles outside of halabja in west kermanshah, rojhelat (eastern kurdistan) [12-11-2017]

many buildings have collapsed.

more information to come as loss of life and property damage is still being assessed.

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the earthquake was felt in silêmanî and derbandixan, where according to NRT 50 people have been injured.

it has also been felt in hêwler, but no reports of damage or loss of life have been reported yet.

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61 dead and 300 wounded, Tasnim reports – 4:47 pm CT

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around 400 have been reported dead with up to 2800 injured. 😣😞💔

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this earthquake was felt all the way in amêd, bakurî kurdistan, about 800 km away from qasrî şîrîn, rojhelatî kurdistan

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a 7.2 magnitude earthquake just occurred 20 miles outside of halabja in west kermanshah, rojhelat (eastern kurdistan) [12-11-2017]

many buildings have collapsed.

more information to come as loss of life and property damage is still being assessed.

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the earthquake was felt in silêmanî and derbandixan, where according to NRT 50 people have been injured.

it has also been felt in hêwler, but no reports of damage or loss of life have been reported yet.

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61 dead and 300 wounded, Tasnim reports -- 4:47 pm CT

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video from rudaw shows the earthquake being felt in silêmanî first and then in hêwler moments later.

REPORTS of 6 people have lost their lives in qasrî şîrîn, right on the border between başûr and rojhelat in kermanşah province, have died.

TRANSCRIPTION:

hîwa cêmal: they’re saying this request from you is a request from the islamic groups in iran. because of that.... i just heard that in silêmanî there is an earthquake going on

ismaîl namîq: mashallah.... it’s an earthquake here! it’s an earthquake here! i have to go outside because of the earthquake! forgive me.

hîwa: it seems as though there is an earthquake in silêmanî, right near the epicenter of the earthquake. right now... uh.... guests for your own life safety, right now the tremors have started. and the building, i am also moving around. the strength of the earthquake is very strong for us, both in hêwler and in silêmanî. the earthquake is very strong. we have to go outside to be safe.