Journalists reporting on the Kurdish issue have faced arrest, assault and censorship of social media accounts. RSF calls on the authorities to end their persecution of these journalists.

“National security is achieved only through support for the cause. We are talking about a new Middle East with four key countries: Syria, Iraq, Turkey, and Iran. The Kurds are in all of them." ...

Kurdish rights in Turkey are at a critical crossroads. While recent reforms offer hope, persistent disparities and unresolved human rights issues underscore the need for sustained progress. The ...

The assault that culminated in the surrender of Kurdish sovereignty was not solely Syrian. It was engineered regionally, with Turkey as a dominant architect and beneficiary. And US Amb. to Turkey, Tom ...

Cypriot member of the European Parliament Loucas Fourlas on Tuesday accused the Turkish government of partaking in a “purge” ...

The recommendations, which were overwhelmingly approved by the National Solidarity, Brotherhood and Democracy Commission, call for a temporary legal measure to reintegrate PKK members who renounce ...

American support for Syria’s subjugation of “Rojava”—the autonomous Kurdish-led administration in its northeast—is regarded by many of its supporters as a betrayal.

Syria’s possible descent into another civil war, Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, the United Arab Emirates’ failed offensive in Yemen, final U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, and the slow transition from ...

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey is celebrating the latest developments in Syria, where the new government has effectively defeated a major Kurdish-led force with an abrupt offensive. Ankara has long viewed ...

"The process we are currently in, whether in terms of examples of international conflict resolution or the history and ...

Without ending the metaphorization of the East, without moving beyond seeing Kurds as folkloric figures or tragic characters, true confrontation is not possible. Orientalism is not so much about ...

Kurdish forces took control of north east Syria after dictator Bashar al-Assad launched a sectarian civil war to put down a popular revolution in 2011. The area was known as the Democratic Autonomous ...