Residents of the Kurdish city of Afrin in northwest Syria were able to freely celebrate Newroz (the New Year) for the first ...

AFRIN, Syria - Kurds from Afrin in northwest Syria are returning to the city after years of displacement only to face ...

The detention of Istanbul's popular mayor risks undermining Turkey's move to end the PKK militant group's 40-year-old ...

Among those dancing on the hill was Hozan Jalil, who traveled from Batman city in Turkey. Jalil said he is happy about the ...

The jailed founder of a Kurdish nationalist group has called for the movement to lay down its arms, but Kurdish forces seem unwilling to as long as Turkish strikes continue.

For more than 40 years, the Turkish government has fought the PKK in eastern Turkey, northern Iraq and Syria. Recent efforts ...

Here’s a look at Kurdish people. Kurds do not have an official homeland or country. Most reside within countries in the Middle East including northern Iraq, eastern Turkey, western Iran and small ...

Such concerns were voiced among some of the tens of thousands who gathered on Friday in the main southeastern city of Diyarbakir - on the other side of the country from Istanbul - for the Kurdish ...

SAITAMA—The Saitama prefectural parks and greenery association has apologized for refusing to allow the Kurdish community to hold a spring festival here over concerns about trouble from protesters.

"This is a coup against politics and democracy. Now, they will try to seize the municipalities as well. The government’s ...

Turkey was headed for a fourth straight night of protests late Saturday, as the biggest street unrest the country has seen ...

Zak Amin gives a lecture about Kurdish attire during his Kurdish heritage and culture class at Moorhead High School on Feb. 12. (Leila Navidi/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...