Damascus, North and East Syria reach four-point agreement in first official talks
Officials from the Syrian government and the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) convened in Damascus on 1 ...
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Syrian Kurdish leaders warn return to centralised system risks new conflict
Senior Kurdish politicians from North and East Syria have warned that reverting to a Baathist system of centralised rule risks ...
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Turkey’s former education minister condemns state’s racist stance on Kurdish rights
Hüseyin Çelik, a founder member of Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) and a former minister of education, has accused ...
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Kurdish writer speaks out after detention, denounces criminalisation of Kurdish language
Kurdish writer Sami Tan, one of three authors recently detained in Turkey for their involvement in publishing the Kurdish language ...
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Turkish gov’t blocks education union’s gender equality lesson
Turkey's Education and Science Workers' Union (Eğitim-Sen) planned to introduce a gender equality lesson in schools on 10 March to ...
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Teachers’ strike in Iraqi Kurdistan gains nationwide support
A strike by teachers and civil servants over delayed salaries in Sulaymaniyah (Silêmanî) in Iraqi Kurdistan has entered its seventh ...
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“Mala Jin”: The unique women’s houses transforming Middle Eastern society
The women's revolution in North and East Syria (NES) has become well-known around the world. For most people familiar with ...
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Report highlights child labour deaths in Turkey: Government’s MESEM vocational training programme criticised
Health and Safety Labour Watch Turkey (ISIG) recently published a report detailing the fatalities of child workers in Turkey, revealing ...
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Kurdish Language Platform vows to fight until Kurdish is official language in Turkey
The Kurdish Language Platform has pledged to continue its struggle until Kurdish is recognised as an official language in Turkey, ...
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Educators in Turkey petition against ‘one-size-fits-all’ educational curriculum
A coalition led by the Education and Science Worker's union's (Eğitim-Sen) Kemal Irmak filed a legal challenge on Friday against ...
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