{"id":3950,"date":"2026-06-30T23:33:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T21:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kurd-akad.com\/?p=3950"},"modified":"2026-06-30T23:33:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T21:33:41","slug":"newsletter-q2-2026-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kurd-akad.com\/?p=3950","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Q2-2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear members,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear friends,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are pleased to send you our latest newsletter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Best regards,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Executive Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Executive Committee meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These took place on 5 April, 16 April and 19 May 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Events organised by the Coordination Group<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To mark World Health Day on 7 April 2026, the Coordination Group of Kurdish Institutes and Academic Organisations held its second panel discussion entitled \u2018The Anatomy of Peace: Health as a Strategic Imperative\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To mark Constitution Day, the third panel discussion, entitled \u201cThe Law of Peace \u2013 Peace through Law\u201d, took place on 27 August 2026.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Student Advisory Board&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have established a student advisory board. We look forward to fresh ideas, committed voices and shared visions for the future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Symposium on the Dialogue Process<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 19 April 2026, we held a symposium entitled \u201cRethinking the Process for Peace and a Democratic Society in its Second Year\u201d. Speakers included Prof. Mithat Sancar, Foza Yusuf, Dr \u00d6zg\u00fcr Sevgi G\u00f6ral, Assoc. Prof. Adnan \u00c7elik and Mahmut \u015eakar. The proceedings will be published shortly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Background paper on the 1996 Memorandum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have drawn up a background paper on the continuity of dialogue and peace initiatives regarding the Kurdish question. In addition to a historical overview, it contains an analysis of previous processes and political<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">recommendations for action for Germany and the European Union. We have sent this to all Members of the Bundestag, foundations and civil society organisations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Closed-door meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Productive discussions, valuable insights, an intensive exchange of views and concrete planning characterised our closed-door meeting on Saturday the 6th of June, entitled \u2018National Unity of the Kurds: academic perspectives, social responsibility and European networking\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kurdish Language Day&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 15 May 2026, we took part in the panel discussion organised by the Kurdish Institute in Germany to mark Kurdish Language Day. Our conclusion: despite enormous challenges, significant achievements have been made in relation to the Kurdish language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Global Academic Network for the Universities of Rojava&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 15 May 2026, we took part in the meeting of the Global Academic Network for the Universities of Rojava. Academic responsibility also means solidarity: for free education, critical exchange and alternative\/progressive models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear members, Dear friends,&nbsp; We are pleased to send you our latest newsletter.&nbsp; Best regards, The Executive Committee Executive Committee meetings These took place on 5 April, 16 April and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[135],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-generally"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kurd-akad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kurd-akad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kurd-akad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kurd-akad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kurd-akad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kurd-akad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3951,"href":"https:\/\/kurd-akad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3950\/revisions\/3951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kurd-akad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kurd-akad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kurd-akad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kurd-akad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}