According to reports leaking from the MGK meeting, Turkeys defense and security officials are concerned that the Kurdish demands for training in their mother tongue is not as innocent as it might ...

The Hurriyet Daily News has an interesting article up about the long-awaited opening of a Kurdish language program at Artuklu University in southeast Turkey's Mardin. The program, for which 21 ...

In the 2021-2022 school year, 20,265 students chose an elective Kurdish language course, the Ministry of National Education has announced in response to a parliamentary question. The students will be ...

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

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 ...

Supporters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) chant slogans during an attempted march in Istanbul that was dispersed by police, October 30, 2016. (AP Photo / Emrah Gurel) By signing up ...

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Few academic sub-specialties within the broader field of Middle East Studies have advanced in breadth or depth as much in the last quarter century as have Kurdish studies. This is understandable. Just ...