Mezopotamya Cultural Centre opens new İstanbul venue on 35th anniversary
The Mezopotamya Cultural Centre (MKM), a prominent institution dedicated to Kurdish arts and cultural expression, opened its new venue in ...
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US closes Voice of America’s Kurdish language service
Voice of America’s Kurdish-language radio service was officially shut down on 21 June, ending 33 years of broadcasts in Kurmanji ...
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Daily News : 20 June 2025
20/06/2025 – #DailyNews – #MedyaNews 🔸16 bar associations from Kurdish-majority provinces submitted a 17-point "to-do list" to Parliament, urging ...
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Bar associations from Kurdish-majority provinces present Turkish government with ‘to-do list’ for democratic transition
Sixteen bar associations from Turkey’s Kurdish-majority eastern and south-eastern provinces submitted a detailed roadmap to parliament, urging the government to ...
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Legendary Kurdish singer Ayşe Şan buried in homeland 29 years after death
The remains of the Kurdish artist Ayşe Şan were buried in Diyarbakır (Amed), the largest Kurdish-majority city in southeast Turkey, ...
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Kurdish groups demand language rights at historic pilgrimage in Ağrı, Turkey
Thousands of Kurds from across eastern Turkey marched on Tuesday to the tomb of revered 17th-century poet Ehmedê Xanî in ...
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Turkey’s opposition leader Özel backs Kurdish language rights, calls for cross-party talks in parliament
Özgür Özel, leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has called for the creation of a cross-party platform ...
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Kurdish Language Day celebrated in İstanbul with calls for official recognition
Children danced in the rain and sang in Kurdish at a colourful public celebration in İstanbul’s Kadıköy district on Saturday, ...
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Culture festival celebrates Kurdish heritage in Paris
On 17 May, Paris’s 10th Arrondissement, often called “Little Kurdistan”, came alive with the sights and sounds of the 4th ...
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Kurdish and Sami language advocates demand official recognition to counter assimilation
The 2nd Kurdish Language Symposium in Van (Wan), eastern Turkey, held from 17–18 May, is producing renewed calls for Kurdish ...
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