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Turkey detains another Kurdish mayor over alleged links to PKK
Akdeniz district Kurdish Mayor Hosyar Sariyildiz (right) with his co-mayor Nuriye Aslan, Mersin province, Turkey, 2023. Photo: X MERSIN,— A Kurdish...
Kurdish students in Turkey face denial of language education amid rising restrictions
An anthology of children's stories in Kurdish language, Istanbul, Turkey, September 4, 2024. Photo: Reuters ISTANBUL,— A proposal by the...
UK arrests seven people over alleged PKK links
UK police officers stand near a riot van outside a Kurdish community center after an early morning raid on PKK,...
Turkey arrests over 230 in crackdown on Kurdish activists
Turkish police, September 2023. Photo: Firat/ANF DIYARBAKIR-AMED, Turkey's Kurdish region,— Turkish authorities have detained more than 230 people, including 12...
Thousands rally in Germany, demand Turkey to free Kurdish leader Ocalan
Thousands rally in Germany, demand Turkey to free Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, November 16, 2024. Photo: Firat News Agency/ANF COLOGNE,—...
Turkish-Kurdish duo pens bestselling novel though prison bars
A supporter holds the photos of jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtas, 2024. Photo: AFP DIYARBAKIR-AMED, Turkey's Kurdish region,— In a remarkable...
Turkey’s Kurdistan wildfire death toll rises to 15; experts blame faulty wiring
The blaze erupted on June 20, 2024, between the Kurdish cities of Diyarbakir and Mardin, Turkish Kurdistan (Bakur), Southeastern Turkey....
The Zaza Kurds of Turkey: A Middle Eastern Minority in a Globalized Society – Book review
The Zaza Kurds of TurkeyA Middle Eastern Minority in a Globalised Society. A Book by Mehmed S. Kaya. 2011. Photo:...
The February 6 Earthquake: The Ataturk Dam’s effect and the ethnic conflict in Turkey
Ataturk Dam, originally the Karababa Dam, on the Euphrates River, is the third largest dam in the world, 2014. Photo:...
No democracy in Turkey – ‘insulting Kurdishness’: Interview with Sheri Laizer
The late PUK leader, Jalal Talabani, during an interview with Sheri Laizer, 1995, for the book, Martyrs, Traitors and Patriots...
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