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Analysis Of Political Article in Kurdish Media, Specifically About the Referendum Case in The Kurdistan Region- 2017
Ibrahim Samin Ali, Mohamed Khadr Mouloud
This study is titled " Analysis of political article in kurdish media, specificaly about the referendum case in the kurdistan region- 2017"، it is a descriptive-analytical research in which the method of content analysis has been used in order to obtain data and information. The research community includes the newspapers "Xabat and Kurdistan New " as two daily newspapers that published political articles during the referendum process. The sample of this research is (159) political articles in each of the newspapers (Xabat and Kurdistan New) during a period of one month from (25/8/2017) to (24/9/2017). The main objectives of this study are: Identify political articles in the Kurdish newspaper published during the 2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum. Presenting the analysis and content of the political article in the Kurdish newspaper during the referendum on the independence of the Kurdistan Region in 2017. Determine the political article in the Kurdish newspaper on the issue of the Kurdistan Region's independence referendum in 2017. Among the most important findings of the study: The Kurdish press is very interested in press coverage case the referendum on the independence of the Kurdistan Region in 2017 The types of articles published in Kurdish newspapers during the referendum were in addition to the editorial and column articles such as journalistic analysis and investigative journalism. In terms of the direction or objectives of the political article in the Kurdish newspaper, it was more than an attempt to announce the referendum process and convey information to readers.
Volume 12 · Issue 5 · October 2025Kurdish Media’s Role in Covering the 2017 Referendum in Kurdistan Region
Zahra Ihsan Ramazan, Omran Omar Ali
In this research, we have evaluated the role of Kurdish media in covering the 2017 referendum campaign in the Kurdistan region, and to what extent the Kurdish media were united during the Kurdistan referendum period. Since the Kurdish referendum held a diverse number of messages, the media played a vital role in disseminating and delivering these messages to neighboring countries and other political parties in the state, and also internationally. We conducted this research to investigate and determine whether the media could have played a positive or negative role in the referendum case, what kind of effect they had, and also to define a united role in some of the major Kurdish media channels. Therefore, we have chosen three Kurdish media to cover in this research: Rudaw, Kurdistan 24, and NRT. Because of Rudaw, Kurdistan 24, and NRT’s high viewership, popularity, and influence among the Kurds all over the world, also for NRT having and delivering a notably different message than the others during the period of the Kurdish referendum, we have made a comparison between these three media channels. As a result, it shows that these three media failed to present a united role in the Kurdish referendum case. Displaying a fragile role, and due to the lack of unity in their message, they were unable to be effective.
Volume 10 · Issue 1 · March 2023Kurdish Issue in Iraq and Justifications of Kurdistan Region’s Independence Referendum in 2017
Sasan Hikmat Ali, Sleman Abdullah Ismael
The right of self determination is an internationally endorsed right of nations, especially those nations affected by suppression and assimilation campaigns on their own land. Therefore, nations suffering from economic, political, cultural, and in extreme cases religious and historical marginalization have the right to establish their own independent states. One way to achieve this goal is holding public referendum. Referendums provide the oppressed nations with the opportunity to express their will in a democratic manner and ask for implementation of their inalienable right of self-determination. Since the establishment of the state of Iraq, Iraqi Kurds have been repeatedly oppressed and marginalized by successive Iraqi governments. Brutality of governments in Baghdad pushed Kurds to seek independence to no avail. The region’s geopolitical realities and ongoing conflicts and rivalries over controlling the natural resources of the region have played a major part in Kurdish failure in establishing an independent state. This research explores the diverse aspects of the Kurdish issue in Iraq with the aim of signifying the role geopolitics has played in creation and continuation of problems between the Iraqi government and Kurdistan Region. In order to achieve its stated goal, the research is divided into the following sections: First, an introduction, followed by a section dedicated to emergence and evolution of the Kurdish issue in Iraq. The third section discusses the justifications of Kurdistan’s independence referendum, which is followed by the conclusion section that presents the findings and recommendations of the study.