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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.

Türkei I Recep Tayyip Erdogan

US condemns 'PKK' attack under pressure from Turkey 15.02.2021

Washington has bowed to pressure from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who accused the US of supporting terrorism. Ankara says Kurdish rebels killed 13 Turkish hostages. At first, the US treated this claim as unconfirmed.
Symbolbild PKK

Kurdish militants executed 13 kidnapped Turks, Ankara claims 15.02.2021

The Turkish government has accused members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) of killing 13 kidnapped Turks in Iraq. The PKK blamed the deaths on Turkish airstrikes.
Syrien Hasakah Wasserknappheit

Syria: Are water supplies being weaponized by Turkey? 24.01.2021

Water outages in Syria's northeast are often leaving around half a million people without potable water. Is Turkey using the outages as a weapon to destabilize the region, as some claim?
Theater Vorhang

Turkey bans Kurdish-language play in Istanbul 17.10.2020

Bans on Kurdish cultural events or activities are not rare in Turkey. The outlawing of the Kurdish-language play "Beru" has been condemned as the latest attack on Kurdish culture.
Türkei Istanbul | Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Präsident

Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan cracks down on pro-Kurdish politicians 08.10.2020

The Turkish government is hoping to split the opposition and put off voters by cracking down on pro-Kurdish politicians. But critics say the strategy won't work this time.

Christen in der Türkei im Stich gelassen

Opinion: Christians a welcome scapegoat in Turkey 23.06.2020

One of the oldest Christian churches in the world is under extreme pressure from the Turkish state. That doesn't bode well for the future, says Alexander Görlach.
Syrien YPG/PKK Anschlag in Afrin

Syria fuel truck blast kills dozens in Afrin 28.04.2020

A fuel truck tanker explosion has killed at least 46 people in the northern Syrian city of Afrin. The predominantly Kurdish enclave has seen a series of car bombings in the last few months.

Syrien Idlib Ariha Luftangriff

Russia rejects UN war crime accusations 03.03.2020

The Kremlin was responding to UN investigators accusing Moscow of being party to airstrikes in Syria targeting civilian areas indiscriminately. The dispute coincides with mounting tension in Syria's Idlib province.

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.
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