Abdullah Öcalan, a founder of the Kurdish Workers’ Party, made a surprise call in February for the PKK to lay down its arms.

The conference, held under the auspices of President Masoud Barzani, marks a historic endeavor to unify Kurdish ranks in ...

The prospects of Kurds being able to realise their aspirations for statehood have brightened. At the same time, Kurds remain ...

Kurds in Iraq and Syria during the week of March 21 marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Will the call for the PKK to disarm end in a new era of peace for the Kurds, or is this just another turn in a tortured history? Show more Will the call for the PKK to disarm end in a new era of ...

This year’s Newroz festival in Diyarbakir drew huge crowds with one hope: to finally find a political solution to the decades-long conflict in the Kurdish region. A Newroz message from the imprisoned ...

Will the call for the PKK to disarm end in a new era of peace for the Kurds, or is this just another turn in a tortured history? In February, Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the ...

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Tennessee on Sunday to celebrate the Kurdish New Year (Newroz). The city is widely referred to among Kurds as Little Kurdistan. The annual Newroz celebration in Nashville, typically held on March ...

The political climate in Turkey is reaching a boiling point with the jailing of Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and a key challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Imamoglu, a prominent ...

Even more symbolic were the Newroz festivities, a holiday traditionally celebrated by the Kurds and an annual gathering of the Kurdish national movement for mass meetings. The Newroz celebration in ...