Demand for elective Kurdish language courses in Turkey’s middle schools reached its highest level in 15 years during the 2025 ...

The First International Forum of Kurdish Studies, jointly organized by Cûdî Academy and the Mala Kurdan (Federation of ...

A new generation of young Kurdish folklore collectors is helping to revitalize endangered languages and create a living archive, a new study shows. Stories and songs could be saved from oblivion ...

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 ...

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 ...

Call him a choirmaster of endangered dialects from distant lands, or a prophetic polyglot. If Kurmanci, the Kurdish dialect of a people with a heritage but no land of their own, has a messiah, he has ...

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 ...

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 ...

Books and other products containing Kurdish language were systematically banned before the closing of the store, says its ...

A new generation of young Kurdish folklore collectors are helping to revitalise endangered languages and create a living archive, a new study shows. Stories and songs could be saved from oblivion ...

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 ...