Human rights observers said Türkiye’s parliamentary report fails to address Kurdish language and identity, leaving the issue unresolved and excluding cultural and educational rights.

Kurdish artist Nasir Rezazi and academic Dr. Feryad Fazel said on International Mother Language Day that protecting and modernizing Kurdish requires coordinated institutional support, digital ...

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 ...

Harvard offered its first Kurdish Language course in the University’s history this fall after students from Kurdish-speaking backgrounds pushed for its creation. The course focuses not only on the ...

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 ...

"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 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 ...

DAMASCUS — Syrian President Ahmed Al Sharaa issued a decree on Friday declaring Kurdish a "national language", in an apparent gesture of good will towards the minority following clashes in recent days ...

Though tied by a strong Kurdish identity and goals of increased cultural and political autonomy, Kurdistan is fractured both along state and political lines.

FILE PHOTO: Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa delivers a speech on the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad's fall, in Damascus, Syria December 8, 2025. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo Jan 22 ...

This article is part of a series examining free expression and information access in civic spaces across six language communities in the MENA region. Nestled within the Kurdistan mountains near the ...