Peace with Kurds would also help Turkey’s efforts to join the European Union, and gain Erdogan electoral support from the Kurds, who form about one fifth of Turkey’s population.

Sadet, whose daughter Rojbin died fighting for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), says she hopes the group's call to disarm ...

From abroad, Iranian Kurdish dissident groups have been watching closely for signs that Iran’s theocracy could falter in its grip on the country, battered by Israeli airstrikes in the intense ...

The Kurds would also like to see a revised constitution: one that would modify the definition of Turkish nationality—now framed in ethnic terms that make them feel excluded—to a more civic model.

Statements by the Kurdistan Democratic Communities Union, an umbrella organisation of Kurdish left organisations, and the Kurdistan Free Life Party, based in Iranian/Eastern Kurdistan, also known ...

Kurdish Militants Burn Arms to Mark End of War With Turkey People hold flags bearing the image of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan in Qamishli, northeastern Syria, in February.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has warned of the fallout of a possible war between Turkey and Kurdish forces in Syria. "This must not happen," Baerbock said on Germany's Deutschlandfunk ...

Many inhabitants of Kurdish areas fled on Friday and at least 41 people have been killed, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a U.K.-based war monitoring group, said.

Iranian Kurdish dissidents abroad watch for signs of Tehran vulnerability after war with Israel The Associated Press June 27, 2025, 4:37 AM ...

Iranian Kurdish dissidents have been watching from abroad for signs that the government in Tehran might falter after the 12-day Israel-Iran war. They include a handful of exiled Iranian Kurdish ...