European Center for Kurdish Studies

The European Center for Kurdish Studies (German: Europäisches Zentrum für Kurdische Studien, EZKS) is an organization based in Germany and was established in order to facilitate and support the Kurdish studies program at the Free University of Berlin. It was founded on 1 September 1999.[1] The center is led by Eva Savelsberg who is its chairwoman and Siamend Hajo who is its treasurer;[2] both were also the content managers of KurdWatch, which reported about the human rights situation mainly in Syrian Kurdistan until 2016. KurdWatch was another project of the EZKS besides the ones of the Kurdish lectures at the FU Berlin and a library concerning Kurdish issues.[3] The center can be described as close to the Kurdish National Center. As a representative of the EZKS, Eva Savelsberg participates in several talk shows such as at Deutsche Welle[4] and its findings are also included in reports of TRT World[5] and the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA)[6] or the National Coalition of Syria.[7]

References
  1. "European Center for Kurdish Studies · Berlin Society for the Advancement of Kurdish Studies". ezks.org. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  2. "Board · European Center for Kurdish Studies". ezks.org. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  3. "Projects · European Center for Kurdish Studies". ezks.org. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  4. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Studio talk with Eva Savelsberg of the European Center for Kurdish Studies on the situation in Afrin. | DW | 20.02.2018". DW.COM. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  5. "German think-tank exposes PYD's anti-democratic practices". German think-tank exposes PYD's anti-democratic practices. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  6. "PYD/PKK declares Kurdish people 'enemy' over criticism". SETA. 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  7. "European Center for Kurdish Studies: PYD Human Rights Violations in Syria Reach 'New Heights'". Syrian National Coalition Of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces. 2016-04-26. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
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