The Middle East usually only comes into our consciousness here in the West in the context of war but a gig on Monday night ...

Avishag told me there are many Kurdish Israeli singers like her and ... from Istanbul to New York to Toronto and was a staple of folk music that had eked into cabaret music or, perhaps, an old ...

The event features participants dancing to folk music. The Japan Kurdish Cultural Association organized the festival in 2018, 2019 and 2023. A Warabi-based group called Zainichi Kurdjinto Tomoni ...

Dakhil Shammo of VOA’s Kurdish service went to Minnesota and met with two local candidates in this story narrated by Amy Katz.

Turkey on Monday sacked three mayors in the Kurdish-majority southeast on alleged "terrorism" charges, despite Ankara's apparent desire to seek a rapprochement with the Kurdish community.

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s air force struck Kurdish militant targets in Iraq and Syria on Wednesday in apparent retaliation for an attack at a key state-run defense company that killed five ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey dismissed the pro-Kurdish mayors of three southeastern cities on Monday for alleged ties to Kurdish militants, just two weeks after President Tayyip Erdogan's main ally ...

KAWAGUCHI, Saitama Prefecture--Hate speech has again reared its ugly head, in this case against the Kurdish community living close to Tokyo. It follows an altogether familiar pattern: phone calls ...

A powerful account of the Kolbari covert goods traden between the Kurdish cities and towns of Iran and borders of Iraq. The film follows Hamid and Yasser over six years as they contend with the ...

Turkish airstrikes hit 47 targets in northern Iraq and Syria in retaliation of a deadly attack in the capital that it’s blamed on Kurdish militants. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said both ass ...

Turkey on Monday removed three elected pro-Kurdish mayors from office over terrorism-related charges and replaced them with state-appointed officials, the Interior Ministry said. The move ...

DEM says people's will violated amid expectations of peace Erdogan ally proposed to end militant conflict 2 weeks ago Dozens of Kurdish mayors dismissed in past crackdowns Istanbul mayor says ...