The Kurdish language has faced many challenges in recent history, including being banned at different times in Turkey, Iraq and Syria, with heavy restrictions often placed on Kurdish-language media ...

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 ...

As part of the “Little Prince in Anatolian Languages” project, the world-renowned book is now available as an audiobook in Laz, Adyghe (Circassian) and Kurdish (Kurmanji). The audiobook can be ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - On the occasion of International Mother Language Day, Kurdistan leaders highlighted the importance of promoting the Kurdish language that is central to Kurdish culture and ...

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 ...