Kurdish nationalism stirred in the 1890s when the Ottoman Empire was on its last legs. The 1920 Treaty of Sevres, which imposed a settlement and colonial carve-up of Turkey after World War One ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s war is an ethnonationalist attack on Kurds and their aspirations. By Rosa Burc Ms. Burc is a researcher working on the Kurdish movement in the Middle East. On ...

But by the 18th century, the Kurdish empire had crumbled, leaving the Kurds as minorities in the empires that followed. The Kurdish sense of national identity is founded on a real sense of ...

Kurdish nationalism stirred in the 1890s when the Ottoman Empire was on its last legs. The 1920 Treaty of Sevres, which imposed a settlement and colonial carve-up of Turkey after World War One ...

Kurdish and Turkish statements indicate both sides recognize the limits of violence. Yet the PKK says an expected quid pro quo from Turkey is recognition of Kurdish political and cultural rights ...

Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his PKK militant group to lay down arms and dissolve as part of a new bid to end its conflict with Turkey.

Kurdish activist and anti-racism group stage a protest against the recent shooting at the Kurdish culture center, holding Kurdistan Workers Party, PKK, flag in Paris, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022.

Iranian Kurdish dissidents have been watching from abroad for signs that the government in Tehran might falter after the 12-day Israel-Iran war Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent ...

Syrian authorities and a Kurdish-led force exchanged more than 400 prisoners on Monday as part of a deal reached earlier this year between the two sides. The exchange is a step in the process of ...

The Kurdish insurgent group PKK in Turkey says it will lay down its arms and disband after a decades-long fight that killed tens of thousands. Latest U.S.