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 ...

Mehdi Tanrıkulu, editorial manager of the Kurdish Azadiya Welat newspaper, was arrested upon his claim to make his defence in court in Kurdish. Tanrıkulu faces imprisonment of up to ten years. He ...

"The Language Wound: The use of the mother tongue in education and experiences of Kurdish students", a study from the Political and Social Research Institute of Diyarybakır, suggests bilingual and ...

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 ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The transitional government in Damascus regards Kurdish as a "foreign" language, a senior Syrian official told Rudaw on Sunday. This comes despite the presence of a large ...

Russian Kurdish artist Zara releases new Kurdish song “Heval,” extending her acclaimed multilingual career and reinforcing her cultural influence.

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 ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A Chinese linguist has been improving her Kurdish in Erbil for two months in preparation for ...

Imagine a government that spent decades silencing a tongue suddenly broadcasting in it. That’s exactly what happened with Turkey’s TV launch featuring Kurdish programming. It’s not just about ...

MOORHEAD — Though they’ve never met, three Moorhead residents and a Columbus, Ohio, man share a kinship that easily bridges the miles between them. They are united through their shared Kurdish ...

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 ...