Language is never just a means of communication. It is identity, memory, access, and belonging. Across the Middle East, few ...

The scarcity of online resources highlights an urgent need for improved information accessibility. This statement was originally published on globalvoices.org on 6 September 2023. This article is part ...

Supporters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) chant slogans during an attempted march in Istanbul that was dispersed by police, October 30, 2016. (AP Photo / Emrah Gurel) By signing up ...

The Kurdish language has faced many challenges in recent history, including being banned at different times in Turkey, Iraq and Syria, with heavy restrictions often placed on Kurdish-language media ...

Those who are familiar with the socio-cultural and political situation of Turkey's Kurds might think that the title of this article is either a rhetorical or a nonsense question. Given the lack of ...

Since 2012, pupils can ask for two hours of Kurdish lessons Some parents say requests not met, schools can't find teachers Teachers' union says families fear stigmatisation if they ask Turkey may ...

At the group meeting of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), Co-Chairperson Tuncer Bakırhan delivered his speech in Kurdish on the occasion of February 21st, International Mother ...

This article is part of a series examining free expression and information access in civic spaces across six language communities in the MENA region. Nestled within the Kurdistan mountains near the ...