Jan-2002
*The Time Is Running Out For Iraqi Kurds
Dr. N. Hawramany.  Jan 25, 2002

*The question of Kurdish and the ostrich mentality.Hasan Cemal. Jan 23, 2002

*EU funds Kurdish Youth Exchange project "Zagros"  Sipan Berwari.Jan 22, 2002

*Turkey and human rights
Nichlas Tanery.  Jan 20, 2002

*Interview with WKI President Dr. Najmaldin Karim at End of Visit to Kurdistan   Jan 16, 2002

*A Letter To George W. Bush
Jan 15, 2002

*Kurdish film review
Adrian Bailey Jan 10, 2002
 

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*Help Kurdish Woman Tortured in Turkey
*Support campaign for the Kurdish language
Jan 31, 2002
*Turk: Ocalan Will Continue To Stay At Imrali Prison
*Reactions To Chomsky Publisher Trial 
*To Fight Freedom's Fight'
Jan 30, 2002
*U.S. to Invite Barzani and Talabani To Washington
Jan 29, 2002
*The Execution of Another Kurdish Activist by Iran
*UN "oil-for-food" chief ends tour of Iraqi Kurdistan
*Turkey arrests seven Kurdish activists following demonstrations
*Troop build-up reported in northern Iraq
*Turkish Generals: Terrorists behind Kurd language drive-Turkey
*Slump in border trade with Turkey
Jan 28, 2002
*EU urges Ankara to "think twice" on the amendments
Jan 27, 2002
*KRG Asks The Netherlands Not To Repatriate Kurds
*56th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Kurdistan Republic
Jan 26, 2002
*Talabani Meets 14 Political Parties 
*Ciller Party Recommends Turkmen-Kurdish Federation
*Iraqi Kurds appoint first female judge -official
*Baghdad Airs Kurdish TV to Win Over Iraqi Kurds
*Turkish PM calls Kurdish education 'unacceptable'
*Kurdish Islamic Group Explains Position
Jan 25, 2002
*Turkish police disband Kurdish protests
*Turkey bans US journalist's book
Jan 24, 2002
*Barzani: International Situation Is Not In favor Of Independent State
*Turkey Prosecutes Chomsky Publisher For Essay on Kurds
In one of his essays, originally a university lecture, he says that "the Kurds have been miserably oppressed throughout the whole history of the modern Turkish state
*Kurds in Finland Fear Racist Reaction to Swedish Honour Killing
*Court Orders Confiscation of Kurdish Calendars

Jan 23, 2002
*Turkey Goes Insane Over Use Of Term "Kurdistan" In British Passports
Jan 22, 2002
*Osman Ocalan's Conditions For A Peaceful Settlement
PKK Council of Leaders asked for the demand for Kurdish education to be spread. Participated in the “Gundem” program on Medya TV the other day, PKK Council of Leaders member Osman Ocalan considered the repression on the campaign “insistence on the wrong”.
*Woman who opposed "honor killings" is killed by father
*"Oil-for-food" chief in Iraqi Kurdistan 
*Kurdish Education Problem May Delay Social Peace Process
Jan 21, 2002
*HADEP Chairman Bozlak: We Want Unity in This Country
*Cakmakoglu: Discussions About Education In Kurdish Language Are Pointless
*Turkish Generals Demand the Abandonment of the Word "Kurdistan"
*Denial of the right of mother tongue violates EHRA
Jan 20, 2002
*Turkish police detain 100 over Kurdish-language demo
*Ocalan book 'blames his arrest on spy plot'
Jan 19, 2002
Greek police arrest boat people
 
Jan 18, 2002
*Turkey and Iraqi Kurds Joust on Nomenclature
The two main parties controlling the Kurdish region of Iraq have ruled out any plans to establish an independent Kurdish state.

*KRG's Shawes Responds to Turk Reports

Jan 17, 2002
*Turkey cracks down on campaign for Kurdish-language education
*Turkish prosecutor asks court to ban Kurdish party
*ANAP Figures Call for Release of Kurd MPs
Jan 16, 2002
*KDP And PUK Release A Joint Statement
*KDP-PUK Try To Solve Parliament Dispute
*KDP And PUK Deny Any Aim To Establish An Independent State
*US Ambassador To UN  Meets KRG Representative In Geneva
*Barzani and the Kurdish state
Jan 15, 2001
*PKK Seeks A New Name
*Turkey holds activists calling for Kurdish rights
Jan 14, 2002
*Iraqi Kurds hold third day of protest at Greek port
*KDP Media Pays Tribute To Hussain Gamil
 
Jan 10, 2002
*Masoud Barzani Sheds light on Major Iraqi Kurdish Issues
In a press conference held by the Kurdistan Democratic Party, KDP, media channels, on 1 January 2002 on the occasion of the New Year, the KDP leader, Mr Mas’ud Barzani pointed to several current issues related to the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
*Radical Islamist combatants caught in standoff with Iraqi Kurds
*Students At Full Speed
Jan 7, 2002
*Frontier opens, Turkish trucks to resume Iraq fuel oil delivery
*Original Kurdish, not the degenerated one
Jan 6, 2001
*Top figure in militant Kurdish group seeks Dutch asylum
*Status quo not so good
Jan 4, 2002
*US unhappy after visit to site of planned bridge for new Iraqi border link
*U.S. senators seek to reassure Turkey over Iraq
*Film on Turkish-Kurdish language divide is a hit in Turkey
*Security intensified along Kurdish enclave
*Asylum is Kurds' only hope
 
  Jan 3, 2002 
*9 women to Face Trial For Demanding Education in Kurdish *People-smugglers jailed
Jan 2, 2002
*Turkish Prosecutor Urges Court toBban Pro-Kurdish Party
*Ship Stranded Near Greek Coast
Jan 1, 2002
*KRG Proposes New Free Media Legislation
The Regional Prime Minister Dr. Barham Salih announced today that his government is deliberating on a new media bill which will support and provide a free environment for the freedom of the media in the Kurdistan region.