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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Kurdish Journalism Day marks 127 years of resistance and truth
Kurds across the Middle East on Tuesday commemorated the 127th anniversary of the first Kurdish-language newspaper Kurdistan, published on 22 ...
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Kurdish journalists form new press collective across Europe
In a major effort to address growing disinformation, media monopolies, and the suppression of free expression, more than 70 Kurdish ...
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Turkey blocks social media accounts of Kurdish press, contrary to ‘normalisation’ rhetoric
As if to highlight the ongoing suppression of press freedom in Turkey, the government has imposed access bans on the ...
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Women Press Freedom calls for the release of Kurdish journalist Rojda Yıldız
Women Press Freedom have demanded the immediate release of Rojda Yıldız, the editor of Jineology Magazine, who was detained during ...
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Turkish intensified internet control targets Kurdish media, warns research group
Turkey’s government is intensifying its efforts to control social media and online content, particularly targeting Kurdish media and reports on ...
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Ankara’s accomplice: How Europe helps suppress Kurdish media abroad
Dr Thoreau Redcrow analyses European complicity in suppressing Kurdish media abroad. Highlighting a raid by Belgian police on Kurdish TV ...
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