WebKurdish (Kurdish: Kurdî or کوردی) is a collection of related dialects spoken by the Kurds. It is mainly spoken in those parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey which comprise Kurdistan. Kurdish holds official status in Iraq as a national language alongside Arabic, is recognized in Iran as a regional language, and in Armenia as a minority language. The Kurds are …

WebNov 14, 2022 · The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) both said they played no part in Sunday's explosion in Turkey's largest city.

WebOct 15, 2019 · People in Kurdish-held areas decisively backed independence in a September 2017 referendum. More than 90% of the 3.3 million people who voted supported secession. KRG officials said the result ...

WebNov 21, 2022 · Kurdish fighters are suspected of firing the rockets from northern Syria, after the Turkish air force conducted air attacks on positions in Syria held by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units ...

WebOct 11, 2019 · The Kurds are members of a large, predominantly Muslim ethnic group. They have their own cultural and linguistic traditions, and most speak one of two major dialects of the Kurdish language.

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WebNov 14, 2022 · ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police said Monday they have detained a Syrian woman with suspected links to Kurdish militants and that she confessed to planting a bomb that exploded on a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul, killing six people and wounding several dozen others. Kurdish militants strongly denied any links to the bombing.

WebKurdish may refer to: Kurds or Kurdish people; Kurdish languages; Kurdish alphabets; Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: Southern Kurdistan; Eastern Kurdistan; Northern Kurdistan; Western Kurdistan; …

WebThousands of people were interrogated, unfairly prosecuted and/or arbitrarily detained solely for peacefully exercising their human rights, and hundreds remained unjustly imprisoned. ... In August, intelligence officials interrogated the relatives of exiled Kurdish human rights defender Arsalan Yarahmadi and threatened him with death. Iranian ...

WebAt least 3,586 members of the People's Defence Force (HPG), the PKK's primary armed wing, have been killed since July 2015. 538 militants of the Civil Protection Units (YPS), a loose network of PKK urban youth militias, and 7 members of the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK), a PKK affiliate (considered an “offshoot with no operational ties to ...