A renewed peace effort between the Turkish government and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has reignited hopes for a resolution to the four-decade-long ...

As Kurds themselves face persecution from both Turkey and Iran, their violence against Assyrians has only intensified through ...

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

Newroz Market sells made-to-order specialties -- including shawarma -- along with shelved delicacies shipped from across the ...

Students from Duluth's sister city Rayna in Kurdistan are visiting Duluth to share their culture and learn about Minnesota's.

Since the beginning of March, the Kurdish people have been celebrating the holiday. On March 1st, a ceremonial event was held in the village of Jashmider in the Sulawa region of the city of Sineh to ...

Residents in Diyarbakır, Türkiye’s largest Kurdish-majority city, said on Sunday that the PKK's decision to heed its jailed leader's call for peace was correct and prosperity would follow if the ...

Over the years, the PKK has transformed into a militant arm of a regional ethnic struggle to carry on the Kurdish culture, as the death toll mounted. About a decade ago, Ocalan made a similar call to ...

There were Kurdish rebellions in various countries over the following generations, and Kurds have faced state suppression of their language and culture. In Syria, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic ...

Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan asking the group to disband and end more than four decades of ...

Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey declared a ceasefire on Saturday, two days after their imprisoned leader called for the group to disarm. The statement from the ...

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia declared an immediate ceasefire on Saturday, a news agency affiliated with the group said, heeding jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call for ...