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Turkey sentences Kurdish journalist Öznur Değer to 3 years over PKK propaganda
Kurdish journalist Öznur Değer, news editor at the Kurdish women’s news agency JinNews, was sentenced in Turkey to more than...
Iranian Kurdish activist, cleric Masoud Nazari shot dead in Turkey
Iranian Kurdish political activist religious scholar Masoud Nazari shot dead in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 14, 2025. Photo: SM ISTANBUL,— A...
Turkey lifts flight ban on Sulaimani International Airport in Iraqi Kurdistan
Photo: Creative Commons/pxfuel Flights Between Turkey and Sulaimani to Resume November 3, 2025 ANKARA,— Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has...
Sharaa forces’ bombardment kills civilians in Syrian Kurdistan: monitor
Injured civilians were taken to the hospital after drone strikes and shelling by Damascus-aligned Islamist forces in Deir Hafer, eastern...
Turkey has not taken a step to advance Kurdish peace process: PKK leader
Murat Karayilan, a senior figure from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and member of its political wing, Kurdistan Communities Union...
Turkey warns Kurds in Syrian Kurdistan against pursuing autonomy
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, July 7, 2025. Photo: Turkish Foreign Ministry ANKARA,— Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Tuesday...
Turkey seeks new Iraq deal over halted Kurdistan oil pipeline
An oil field in Iraqi Kurdistan, 2024. Photo: Rudaw ANKARA,— Turkey still wants to restart oil flows through a pipeline...
For sustainable peace, Turkey’s actions must match its words on PKK disarmament
A PKK female fighter lay down her weapon at the disarming ceremony in Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan, July 11, 2025. Photo:...
How the end of PKK impacts the SDF, and why Syria’s decentralization isn’t division
Members of the all-woman Kurdish Women's Protection Units (YPJ)/SDF during a raid at al-Hol camp in Hasaka, Syrian Kurdistan, (Rojava),...
Turkey’s Kurds not yet convinced by peace process
A PKK female fighter lays down her weapon at the disarming ceremony in Dukan, Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan, July 11, 2025....
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