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Kurds

The Kurdish people are an ethnic Group inhabiting an area across parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria.

According to various estimates around 30 Million Kurds live worldwide, a majority of them in Turkey. Recent emigration took over a Million to Western countries. Around 700,000 of them live in Germany.

Protest um Absetzung kurdischer Bürgermeister Polizei Diyarbakir

Turkey removes pro-Kurdish mayors from office 19.08.2019

Three members of the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) have been relieved of their positions in three eastern provinces. It's the latest crackdown by Erdogan's government on the opposition.
Syrien Frau und Kind eines vermeintlichen IS Kämpfers in Rakka

Syrian Kurds hand over four 'Islamic State' children to Germany 19.08.2019

Kurdish authorities in Syria have handed over four children to Germany who had parents that were "Islamic State" fighters. Many EU countries are grappling with how to handle returning foreign fighters and their families.
Irak Ölraffinerie in Zubair

Kurdish regions in Iraq see strong recovery 19.08.2019

The so-called Islamic State's war in Iraq also paralyzed the Kurdish region even though it was largely spared from the fighting. Now the economy there is recovering from the disruption.
Nordsyrien Panzer Leopard der türkischen Armee

Turkey, US work to create buffer zone in northern Syria 13.08.2019

Turkey and the United States have agreed on the creation of a buffer zone in northern Syria. Details of the agreement remain sketchy, however, and Syrian Kurds fear Ankara will try to expel them from the region.
Deutschland Bundeswehr | Auslandseinsatz Afghanistan

Syria: Germany rejects US demand for ground troops 08.07.2019

US representatives had requested Germany increase their military presence in Syria as the US plans to move its own troops out of Syria in the near future. Germany has said it is already making "significant" contribution.
Angriff gegen dem CHP führer Kemal Kilicdaroglu

Turkey: Is mob violence undermining democracy? 03.05.2019

Opposition party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu was attacked by an angry mob in public and nearly killed — the latest in a spate of such violence. What does the incident say about the political culture in the country?
Türkei Ankara Protest gegen Entlassungen

Turkey's Academics for Peace punished for anti-war protest 29.04.2019

"We will not be part of this crime." That's the protest call by academics who dared to criticize Turkey's military offensive against the Kurds. Hundreds of them have lost their jobs — some have been jailed.
Türkei Ayse Celik

Turkey: 'Terrorist propaganda' lands mother and baby behind bars 25.04.2019

Ayse Celik became a household name in Turkey after calling into a popular television talk show — and facing the legal consequences of her on-air appeal. It's a fate that has affected hundreds of Turkish mothers.
Türkei Kommunalwahl 2019 | HDP-Partei in Diyarbakir | Parteisitz

Turkey: After election gains, Kurds fear Erdogan's reach 04.04.2019

The HDP garnered good election results in Turkey's southeast. But the enthusiasm of the party's supporters is limited: They worry the ruling AKP could impose a government administrator on their communities once again.
Türkei Präsidentschafts- und Parlamentswahl 2018 | Wahllokal in Istanbul

WorldLink: Turkey's 'ghost voters' 29.03.2019

Turkey is preparing for local elections this Sunday. A lot is at stake for the president and ruling party. But not everyone is allowed to vote. After opposition parties discovered that even the dead were being called on to vote, 91,000 voters were suspended from the polling list. But some of these so-called "ghost voters" are still very much alive — and they're determined to have their say.
Amat Allah Hassan

WorldLink: Veronique de Viguerie on Yemen, Kurds sound alarm on Turkish elections 29.03.2019

We talk to one of the few photographers who has covered the Yemen war about her experiences and we hear from Kurds in Turkey who are worried they are being barred from voting in this weekend's possibly historic elections — for a pretty strange reason. Plus in Berlin, Tamsin Walker prepares to say farewell to daylight savings time for good.
Anahita Sadighi und Susana AbdulMajid - Mitgruenderinnen von Poetry Nights in Berlin

WorldLink: Persian New Year in Berlin 23.03.2019

Iranians, Kurds and others around the world are celebrating the beginning of spring with Nowruz, the Persian New Year festival. In Berlin, two women named Anahita Sadighi and Susana AbdulMajid have brought the 3,000-year-old secular festival to Germany. Reporter Loveday Wright tagged along for a night of Persian culture.
Nordost-Syrien Kleinstadt Derik

Hip Berlin district twins with war-torn Syrian city 14.03.2019

The city of Derik in Kurdish northern Syria is struggling to overcome eight years of war. It's getting help from an unlikely source: the multicultural, hipster Berlin neighborhood of Kreuzberg.

Syrien | Syrien atlässt zum Ende des Ramadan IS-Gefangene

Opinion: Syria cannot be Europe's Guantanamo Bay prison 18.02.2019

US President Donald Trump is pressuring Europe to take back its citizens who were captured in Syria while fighting for the Islamic State group. It's high time the continent address the issue, says DW's Matthias von Hein.
Irak angehörige des IS in Gefangenschaft

Germany mulls US demand to take back 'IS' fighters captured in Syria 18.02.2019

US President Donald Trump is demanding European allies repatriate foreign "Islamic State" fighters captured in Syria. The call has sparked a heated debate about taking back German citizens who fought for IS.
Irak angehörige des IS in Gefangenschaft

As IS crumbles, Syrian Kurds want Germany to take back foreign fighters 04.02.2019

German IS fighters, along with their wives and children, are in the custody of Syrian Kurdish authorities. The end of the IS "caliphate" and US plans to withdraw from Syria have made dealing with these detainees urgent.
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