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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.

Selahattin Demirtas ehemaliger stellvertretender HDP Vorsitzender

Erdogan rival and former HDP head Demirtas fights from jail 12.01.2020

Selahattin Demirtas, a former co-leader of the Peoples' Democratic Party, which advocates for Kurds and other minorities in Turkey, could be sentenced to 142 years in prison. Negotiations have not brought about results.
Syrien Angriff auf IS Stellungen in Baghouz

YPG returnees: Counterterrorist fighters under suspicion 05.01.2020

The Kurdish YPG militia did the heavy lifting in the fight against the "Islamic State," yet many foreign YPG adherents, including Germans, have come home to find themselves under suspicion of terrorism. DW investigates.
Bonn Opernhaus Fidelio von Ludwig van Beethoven

Fidelio in Turkey: A new production of Beethoven's opera in Bonn 02.01.2020

Music by Beethoven as the soundtrack to street protests, torture and bloodshed? In the first staging of his opera "Fidelio" in the New Year, the Bonn Opera takes a radical course.
Türkei | Kurdische Community in Diyarbakir

WorldLink: Kurdish music as protest 29.11.2019

Deep-seated hostility still exists between the Turkish state and the country's Kurds, who weren't recognized as a distinct people by the Turkish government until 1991 and are still not allowed to teach their language in kindergarten through highschool. As Reese Erlich and Emilie Pons discovered, that conflict is reflected in Kurdish music, which has a long history of documenting their struggle.
DW Conflict Zone Ibrahim Kalin (Körber Stiftung/M. Dardinger)

Does Turkey still want to be a member of the EU? 27.11.2019

Turkish presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin answered questions from the audience after the #dwZone interview with Tim Sebastian

DW Conflict Zone Ibrahim Kalin

Does Turkey still want to be a member of the EU? 27.11.2019

Turkish presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin answered questions from the audience after the #dwZone interview with Tim Sebastian

Katar Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Präsident Türkei | Combined Joint Force Command

Turkey stalls NATO's Russia defense plans for eastern Europe over Syria 27.11.2019

Ankara has been accused of holding eastern Europe hostage as it refuses to back NATO's collective defensive. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland had called on NATO to set up a defense against Russia.
Irak | US-Vize Mike Pence auf Überraschungsbesuch im Irak

US Vice President Mike Pence reassures Kurds during surprise Iraq visit 23.11.2019

The US vice president visited Iraqi Kurdistan amid cries of US betrayal of its Kurdish allies in neighboring Syria. Washington withdrew its soldiers from near the Turkish border just as Ankara launched an incursion.
Irak Sindschar-Gebirge YPG-Kämpfer

German man fighting for Kurds killed in Syria 05.11.2019

Konstantin G. fought the "Islamic State" side-by-side with the Kurdish YPG, who were the local allies of US forces on the ground. He was killed in October, reportedly by a Turkish air attack. DW spoke with his parents.
Nord-Syrien Tel Tamer | humanitäre Krise

Syria: What does Turkey's 'resettlement' plan mean? 01.11.2019

While Turkey moves forward with resettling Syrian refugees in its militarily-established 'safe zone' — a process it insists is voluntary —Germany is eyeing other options for an international solution to stabilize Syria.

Syrien Damaskus Fernsehinterview Assad

Syria's Assad: Kurdish areas must return to state authority 01.11.2019

Syrian President Bashar Assad says his government's ultimate goal is to restore state authority over Kurdish controlled areas in northeastern Syria. He also said he did not want to make Turkey an "enemy."
Syrien Habeet, Provinz Idlib | Präsident Baschar al-Assad

Will Syria get a new constitution? 29.10.2019

This week, the Syrian constitutional committee will convene for the first time in Geneva. But critics question its independence and doubt it will change the Syrian status-quo.
Erdogan während Pressekonferenz

Erdogan threatens to 'clear out' Kurds at Syria border 26.10.2019

Turkey's Erdogan has announced he will "clear out" Kurdish forces from the Syrian border if Russia fails to do so. The Turkish leader's comments come as rights groups accuse the country of war crimes.

Türkei Ankara Außenminister Cavusoglu und Maas

Turkey rejects German defense minister's Syria 'security zone' proposal 26.10.2019

While visiting Turkey, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas pushed for a truce in Syria and said that Turkish troops should not be permanently deployed across the border. His Turkish colleague lamented "unjust" criticism.
Syrien Ölfelder

US to deploy troops in northern Syria to protect oil fields 25.10.2019

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said the Pentagon was considering sending troops and armored vehicles to protect oil fields, controlled by Syrian Kurds, which might fall into the hands of the "Islamic State."
Brüssel Treffen Nato Verteidigungsminister

NATO's Stoltenberg acknowledges 'different views' on Syria 25.10.2019

The military alliance has concluded a meeting focused in large part on the conflict in Syria and the security situation in Afghanistan after elections. Jens Stoltenberg also announced new security standards for 5G.
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