Northeast Syria (Rojava) is not a marginal episode of recent history, nor is it a local conflict that can be explained only ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey on Tuesday announced plans to introduce elective Kurdish language instruction in schools, a step aimed at easing tension that Kurdish minority activists argued didn’t go ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish government proposal to end a decades-long conflict with Kurdish militants has put Kurdish rights back in the spotlight, at a time when Kurdish leaders say repression is ...

There is a shared history of Kurdish movements and Palestinian resistance working together, although this relationship is not ...

In the heat of the day, groups of Syrian refugee students walk purposefully to the learning centre in Domiz refugee camp. Here, they are studying the local Kurdish dialects in preparation for the new ...

In a symbolic lesson, student Erdal Beşer taught the Kurdish alphabet that includes the letters X, Q and W which are not common in Turkish. "People demanding education in the mother language are ...

The Diyarbakır prosecutor's office decided to drop the trial against the parents of 10-year-old M.Ö. and Mayor Abdullah Demirbaş. With the support of Demirbaş the girl had given Kurdish lessons at ...

Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday addressed the Kurds in a video message, announcing that he has signed a “special decree” guaranteeing Kurdish “rights and [cultural] particularities.