Language is never just a means of communication. It is identity, memory, access, and belonging. Across the Middle East, few ...

According to reports leaking from the MGK meeting, Turkeys defense and security officials are concerned that the Kurdish demands for training in their mother tongue is not as innocent as it might ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 rife and freedoms won ...

Few academic sub-specialties within the broader field of Middle East Studies have advanced in breadth or depth as much in the last quarter century as have Kurdish studies. This is understandable. Just ...