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 languages embody this reality more clearly than Kurdish, a language spoken ...

"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 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 ...

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 ...

Syria’s Ministry of Education announced on Monday that it has begun preparations to introduce Kurdish-language curricula in ...

A Kurdish-language teacher in the Iranian city of Sanandaj has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for her cultural activities and support for the Women, Life, Freedom protests that have roiled the ...

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 ...