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Mehmet Ali Konar's film "When Walnut Leaves Turn Yellow" was screened at the 14th International Crime and Punishment Festival in Istanbul. The film artistically explores the impact of political violence on Kurdish society and presents a deep social critique. The writer suggests that this film is
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"Ajansa Welat" has been established in Diyarbakir as a Kurdish-language news agency. Editor in Chief of the agency Bilal Guldem, spoke to Botan Times about this newly opened agency: Ajansa Welat (AW) began broadcasting with the slogan "Voice and Color of the Homeland." This is something
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By Hüveyze Laleş Öngün Clinical research and experiences show that bilingual children gain many cognitive and social advantages in the future. Therefore, families should not abandon their native language and should act with patience and persistence throughout this process. In this era, the multilingual approach is taking on an increasingly
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by Murat Bayram Summary 25 million Kurdish citizens* in Turkey have access to only four Turkey-based daily news sites in their mother tongue. These platforms struggle to survive in many areas, from economic sustainability to technological infrastructure, from educational opportunities to content production. The situation in traditional media is even
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By Ferzan Şêr November 8, 2024 In her book "The World Republic of Letters," Pascale Casanova discusses literary autonomy, noting that alongside other criteria such as translatability, acceptance, and awards, one of the primary measures of this republic is the detachment from nationalism. According to Casanova, during World
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By Rohat Alakom 06/11/2024 This interview, conducted in 1962, is reaching the Kurdish community for the first time through Botan Times. This recording, which will be useful for researchers doing research on Kurds, is also a nice surprise for fans of Dr. Kamiran Ali Bedirhan who know his
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Date: November 4, 2024 Overview Multiple Kurdish media outlets reported on the Turkish government's appointment of trustees to three municipalities: Mardin Metropolitan Municipality, Batman Municipality, and Halfeti Municipality. The coverage emphasized themes of "usurpation of people's will" and "anti-democratic practices." Coverage by
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By Botan Times Staff DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — November 4, 2024 Turkey's government removed three democratically elected Kurdish mayors from office Monday, replacing them with state-appointed trustees in a move that has heightened concerns about democratic backsliding in the country's Kurdish-majority southeast. The Dismissals The Interior Ministry announced
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Today's Summary Dear readers, In today's newsletter, important developments from the world of culture and art are at the forefront. The release date of Kurdish artist Rewşan's new album "Hinar", the theater play "Jina Kevnefiroş" staged at Dicle University, the
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Dear Botan Times readers, We are delighted to be with you again this week with a compilation of articles from Botan Times. In this issue, our writers have brought to the forefront various important topics related to Kurdish social, cultural, historical, literary, and artistic issues. This week, we will focus
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In today's newsletter, we cover significant developments including the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, the death of Ukrainian journalist Viktoriya Roshchina, Hezbollah's new command center, executions in Iran, the 2024 Nobel Prizes, Turkey's potential peace talks with Kurds, new Kurdish book publications, Tesla's
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Dear readers, In today's bulletin, we bring you important news on regional and international developments. From Rafael Nadal's decision to retire from tennis to the international conference on the Lebanese crisis; from the Discord ban in Turkey to developments in Rojava, we share with you a