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 ...

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 ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Turkey on Tuesday announced plans to introduce elective Kurdish language instruction in schools, a step aimed at easing tension that Kurdish minority activists argued didn’t go ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Teacher Zak Amin checks the work of student Rayan Salih during a Kurdish language and culture class at Moorhead High School.

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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The goal to begin Kurdish classes at Metro high schools will have to wait even longer. In January, the Metro Nashville Public School board approved a request to add the ...

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 ...