In the popular daytime reality TV program of Esra Erol on ATV, the channel turned the volume down while a woman was expressing her feelings in Kurdish. In the 'Esra Erol'da' program on ATV, the words of a woman speaking in Kurdish were censored. Besime, a ...

WASHINGTON -- When Syria's Kurdish fighters, America's longtime battlefield allies against the Islamic State, announced over the weekend they were switching sides and joining up with Damascus and Moscow, it seemed like a moment of geopolitical whiplash.

Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey declared a ceasefire on Saturday in what could mark a significant boost to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government, two days after their imprisoned leader called for the group to disarm.

Despite daily Sabah's headliner article, Kurds in southeastern Turkey seems to see state TV's Kurdish channel as a part of the government's electoral campaign, rather than a move towards increasing freedoms. Headline article of Sabah daily on March 4th ...

(CNN) — A ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday saw a handful of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants lay down their weapons, a small but hugely symbolic gesture that marks the beginning of an end to a conflict with the Turkish state that’s lasted ...

According to these troops, the fighters ISIS fears the most wear lipstick. — -- The fighters that ISIS fears the most wear lipstick, according to these troops. Some even let their long, braided hair fall out behind their hats. They are the female ...

A Japanese freelance journalist who made derogatory online comments about Kurdish residents in Saitama Prefecture formally apologized to them in a settlement approved by the Tokyo District Court. Takaaki Ishii, the defendant in a defamation lawsuit, also ...

Kurdish Prime Minister Masrour Barzani met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo during an important trip with ramifications for the Middle East, according to the Kurdish media network Rudaw. They are discussing "strengthening bilateral ...