A new generation of young Kurdish folklore collectors are helping to revitalise endangered languages and create a living archive, a new study shows. Stories and songs could be saved from oblivion ...

KIRKUK, Iraq—Sounds of a thumping drum and entrancing flute drew residents of this northern city to their balconies recently in hopes of glimpsing a wedding party that never materialized. The racket ...

(BIANET/IFEX) – According to broadcasting editor Mehmet Arslan of Radio Dunya, a case brought against the station for playing the Kurdish folk song “Mihemedo” in 2007 has ended in acquittal. However, ...

Young man Emrah Gezer was killed because of a Kurdish folk song. Kurdish politicians and artists experience backlashes for using the Kurdish language despite the easing of regulations in the context ...

A Malatya court sentenced Kurdish folk musician Tunç to one month imprisonment on the grounds of his statement at a festival and postponed the pronouncement of judgement. The Court of Appeals had ...

Perwin and Norshean Salih have twice been driven from their family home in the Syrian town of Kobane — Safin HAMID When the Syrian Kurdish sisters Perwin and Norshean Salih sing about loss, it comes ...

Error occured during this request! Please try again later. BRUSSELS - Kurdish musicians are teaming up with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra for a performance that ...

SXSW‘s second day was all about diversity. There were revelatory sounds from Africa, Turkey, and the U.K., all of them shot through with a sense of pride for the respective artists’ homelands. In some ...

For years, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has positioned himself as a champion of the ethnic Kurds who make up one fifth of Turkey's population. He's spoken Kurdish at election rallies ...