Ousted pro-Kurdish mayor urges removal of Turkey’s trustee practice

Speaking at the Council of Europe on Wednesday, Zeydan lamented that the European Court for Human Rights’ (ECHR) decisions, “which are binding for all member states, are persistently not implemented” in Turkey, adding that “responsible supranational institutions are also normalizing and turning a blind eye to this situation.” 

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‘Constitutional crime’: Turkish parliament's Kurdish-language post sees backlash from MPs

A social media post featuring Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus reciting a Kurdish poem provoked an online firestorm, with one Turkish MP writing on X, “You have always been an enemy of the Turks. Our nation is greater than all of you.”

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Iraq to reverse ban on Kurdish language in disputed areas' universities

Iraq's higher education ministry was set to ban the translation of exams to languages other than Arabic in disputed areas such as Kirkuk that possess large non-Arab populations before reversing course.

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Kurdish-German rapper Xatar found dead at 43

His 2015 album, Baba aller Babas, reached number one in the German charts after selling more than 70,000 copies.

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On Language Day, Kurdish leaders stress importance of developing mother tongue

“Our language is an important foundation of our national identity,” said PM Barzani

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Iraqi Kurdish woman to carry Olympic torch

Shilan Shamal Mustafa will carry the Olympic torch on Monday in Paris, the first Iraqi Kurdish woman to do so.

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Kurdish opposition blames PKK for emergence of Turkey, Syria talks

An opposition Kurdish party in northeast Syria blames the PKK and the local Kurdish-led administration’s ruling party for triggering talks between Syria and Turkey.

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Crash kills four Kurdish Hajj pilgrims

A car accident near Ramadi killed four Kurdish pilgrims returning from Hajj.

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Giving a chance to refugee children and qualified teachers

In the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the Refugee Education Integration Policy integrates refugee children into public schools alongside local Kurdish children.

Alan Hama Saeed & Jean-Nicolas Beuze

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