The Kurds rebelled and suffered terribly. Many were slaughtered. More were forcibly moved to outlying regions, including present-day ... not the modern democracy they wish for in Turkey.

Turkey's crackdown on President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival and silence on what reforms might follow the end of a 40-year conflict with Kurdish militants are stoking distrust among Kurds.

Turkey is classified as a “brown country” with both democratic and authoritarian features, but democracy, legality, and ...

Since the establishment of modern Turkey in the early 1920s ... The DEM Party held a four-day campaign in February 2024 to promote learning the Kurdish language. Having the MPs wear Kurdish ...

(Bloomberg) -- On a plane back to Turkey following his capture ... He no longer directs the day-to-day operations of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, which is proscribed as a terrorist ...

Turkey's Pro-Kurdish DEM Party called on parliament on Tuesday to pave the way for a renewed peace process by enacting ...

At the same time, she says, the Kurdish movement has also reached a limit in what it can achieve in an era of modern warfare. Turkey has a huge army. It’s one of the biggest armies of Nato.

"It has a history of 50 years. These things don't happen in one day." MOTHERS OF PKK RECRUITS In Diyarbakir, main city in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast, mothers of youths believed to ...

Newroz, the Farsi-language word for “new year,” is an ancient Persian festival that is celebrated in countries including Iraq, Syria, Turkey and ... mixed with modern Kurdish folk songs ...

ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday held a first meeting with pro-Kurdish politicians who are working to bring an end to the 40-year conflict between Turkey and Kurdish ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Thousands of Kurds gathered in an iconic park in southeast Turkey on Friday to celebrate Newroz, the New Year. This year’s event comes amid progress in peace ...

The arrest of opposition leader and Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Wednesday sparked the multi-day protests that got ... decades-old conflict between Turkey, Kurds Imprisoned PKK founder calls ...