It Is said - soon to be

[Anthea]

The sign saying “How happy is the one who says I am Turk” has been removed in the Kurdish province of Amed (Diyarbakir), northern Kurdistan by the order of Governor’s Office.

Diyarbakir Governor’s Office ordered the removal of a sign saying “How happy is the one who says I am Turk”, a city landmark installed after Turkey’s 1980 Military Coup.

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I had no idea that these signs still existed in the Kurdish regions

Are they still prevalent throughout Turkey?

Surely before Kurds worry about mother-tongue language - and long before they worry about the release of Ocalan - they should be protesting and demand the removal of all such signs

These signs are the ultimate proof of the low esteem in which the Turkish government views Kurds - and irrefutable proof that Turkey has absolutely NO intention of granting Kurds any real rights of self-government

[Aslan]

[Aslan]

Miss Asia 2014 to be held in Erbil

Kurdish authorities say they are working to present a proposal to host next year’s Miss Asia competition.

In September Kurdistan chose Miss Kurdistan for the second year running. Now the organizing committee has revealed that it hopes to bring Miss Asia 2014 to Erbil too.

“Currently we are busy trying to convince the Miss Asia organizing committee to bring the event to Erbil,” the head of Miss Kurdistan 2013 organizing committee, Salwan Jamel, told BasNews.

“Miss Kurdistan will also participate in the competition,” Jamel added.

Last month 25-year-old Fenik Mohammad Abdul Karim won the beauty pageant held in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region.

Winners were chosen for a series of categories; Miss Internet, Miss Peace, Miss Fashion and Miss Tourism.

In 2012, 18-year-old Shene Aziz Ako from Sulaimaniyah won the first event of this kind to be held in the Kurdistan Region.
The pageant was organized by a Lebanese company and attended by foreign diplomats, singers, actors and officials.

SOURCE: basnews.net

[Aslan]

Iraqi Kurdistan's newest singer, HellyLuv (real name, Helan Abdullah, age 25), was born in #Duhok, but grew up in #Finland, and moved to #LA by the age of 18, where she recently signed an album contract with G2 Music Group. Her first single, "Risk It All," will be shot in #Erbil this week, and released on #MTV soon after. Her single is already #4 in some of the charts in Europe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtBHfu3FYic

[Aslan]

Kurdistan at Miss Earth 2013!

Nady Rashid will represent #Kurdistan at the upcoming Miss Earth Pageant, to be held on December 7 in the #Philippines. It's the first time ever for Iraqi Kurdistan to be accepted --and take part -- as a 'country' at a global beauty pageant. From a long list of delegates, only two countries and territories represent the Middle East -- Kurdistan and Lebanon.

Support Kurdistan and vote for Nady via this link: http://www.missearth.tv/miss_kurdistan.php

[Aslan]

#Erbil is one of the top must-see travel destinations in the world, in the latest annual edition of "Best Trips 2014" from National Geographic. We're the only Middle Eastern destination to be on the list twice in just 5 years!

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/best-trips-2014/#.UpDPjAErnXo.facebook

[Aslan]

2 car bombs has hit sulemany said by babylon fm


Silêmanî (Rûdaw)- bombeyeke çandî bi du otombêlê Asayişê de li taxa Serçinar ya bajarê Silmaniyê, teqîn, û du efserê bi pileya (Emîd) birîndarbûn.

Çavkaniyeke Polîsê Hawarhatina Silmaniyê ji televîzyona KNN re rgihand “Vê sibehê du bombeyên çandî li du cihê cuda, bi du otombêlên wezareta pêşmerge de teqîn, û di encamê de du efserê bi pileya (Emîd) birîndar bûn”.

Çavkaniyê amaje kir ku bombe di yek demê de lê li du cihê cuda bi her du otombêlê asayşê de teqand û got “yek nêzîk Dondirma Hêro û ya din li pêş Hotêla Dawa”bûn.