Turkey’s first bi-monthly magazine on Kurdish history has hit the bookshelves. Published in Turkish, “Kürt Tarihi” (“Kurdish History”) delves into the annals of the Kurdish past, long overlooked by ...

Kurdish uprisings have become a way for people to assert their identity and challenge their historical and structural erasure in modern Iran, a new study shows. Protests following the death of Jîna ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KURDISH GEN. Hussein Yazdanpanah, whom the writer first met almost a decade ago, has been fighting for Kurdish sovereignty for ...

While Washington initially expressed rhetorical support for the Kurdish opposition, it later issued more cautious messages discouraging active Kurdish involvement in the conflict.

The Kurds, an ethnic minority with a distinct culture and language, have long fought for their own homeland — Shwan MOHAMMED Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call to disarm sparked ...

“Life.” That’s what Jîna Amini’s name meant in Kurdish, her native language. But after her death at the hands of Iran’s “morality police” last month, the world began to know Jîna by what she ...

Leave the Kurds alone, we are not guns for hire. Those were the words of Iraq's first lady, herself a Kurd. Her statement came after reports that Iranian Kurdish groups were considering deploying ...

Kurds everywhere take pride that there is now a place where the Kurdish flag flies, official business is conducted in Kurdish and Kurdish-speaking professors teach Kurdish history in Kurdish ...

Kurdistan, Somaliland, and Kosovo have rich histories, but decades of conflict jeopardize their preservation. These unsung heroes persevere to save their cultural heritage. A snapshot of relatives ...

Adlai Stevenson, two-time candidate for president of the United States, was fond of quipping that for the Americans every question must have an answer and every story a happy ending. In his first ...

MOORHEAD — Though they’ve never met, three Moorhead residents and a Columbus, Ohio, man share a kinship that easily bridges the miles between them. They are united through their shared Kurdish ...

In Istanbul, I asked Turkish President Abdullah Gul why the Turkish state has been unable, over the course of its nearly 90-year history, to find peace with its Kurdish citizens, and what chance there ...