Derwich Ferho Explained

Ferho Derwich (born 2 October 1961 in Mzizah, Turkey) is one of the chairmen (along with his brother Medeni Akgül) of the Kurdish Institute of Brussels in Belgium.^{[1] [2]}

He arrived in Belgium as a refugee on 3 February 1977.^[3] In 1978, he founded TEKOSER (the Kurdish Workers and Student Community), which was known as the 'Kurdish Institute of Brussels'.^{[4] [5]} From June 1980 to July 1981, he was employed in the University Hospitals of Leuven as General Coordinator in the Central Medical Archives.

In 1989, he founded the Kurdish Institute of Brussels, where he has worked since.^[3] In March 2006, his parents Fatim and Ferho Akgül were murdered in Mzizah.^[6]

He speaks Kurdish, Turkish and Dutch, with an elementary reading level in French, English and German.^[3]

He has published Kurdish poems in Dutch, Swedish and Turkish.^[3]

External links

• Kurdish Institute Brussels (Nederlands)
  • Kurdish Institute Brussels (Kurdî)
  • Kurdish Institute Brussels (English)
  • Kurdish Institute Brussels (Française)

Notes and References

1. News: Turkse doodseskaders zijn terug ('Turkish death squads are back'). Het Nieuwsblad. 6 March 2006. 19 February 2010. nl.
2. News: Le prix Info-Türk a été décerné à Bahar Kimyongür ('Info-Türk Prize goes to Bahar Kimyongür'). Nouvelles d'Arménie. 16 March 2008. 19 February 2010. fr.
3. Web site: FERHO Derwich Mehabad. 2 June 2009. Kurdish Institute Brussels. 19 February 2010.
4. Book: Casier, Marlies. Nationalisms and Politics in Turkey: Political Islam, Kemalism and the Kurdish Issue. Jongerden. Joost. 2010-09-13. Routledge. 978-1-136-93867-2. 205. en.
5. Web site: Presentation. 2013-04-20. Koerdisch Instituut Brussel. en-US. 2020-05-17.
6. Web site: Written question – Murder of the parents of Kurdish militants in Turkey – E-1163/2006. Europa (web portal). 2020-05-17.