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 ...

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

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 ...

Error occured during this request! Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdish language lessons have been reinstated in schools across the Kurdish ...

ANKARA, TurkeyANKARA, Turkey — Turkey on Tuesday announced plans to introduce elective Kurdish language instruction in schools, a step aimed at easing tension that Kurdish minority activists argued ...

The publishing house emphasizes that the widespread use of Kurdish is achievable through reading and writing, and this should be fostered from an early age. 5 February 2024 Survey: 31 percent of ...

The change has been made on the grounds that permission by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) is required to change the medium of instruction to another language than Turkish. The change has been ...

Syria's interim president surprised the country's Kurdish citizens with a decree enshrining their culture and language as an ...

The decree is the first formal recognition of Kurdish national rights since Syria’s independence in 1946.

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 ...

Error occured during this request! Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A group of children dressing in colorful Kurdish clothing attend English language ...