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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.

Syrien, Al-Rakka: Soldaten der Syrischen Demokratischen Kräfte (SDF)

US warns Turkey against Syria operation targeting Kurds 13.12.2018

The Turkish president has announced a fresh offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria is just around the corner. But the US has warned that such action would harm efforts to destroy the "Islamic State" in the region.
Türkei HDP-Partei | Solidarität mit inhaftiertem Selahattin Demirtas in Ankara

Turkish court rejects European rights court ruling to release top Kurdish politician 30.11.2018

A Turkish court has defied a European Court of Human Rights ruling demanding the release of Selahattin Demirtas. The decision comes after Turkey's president said the European court's decisions were non-binding.

Furcht vor einer Rückkehr des IS im Irak

Is the 'Islamic State' making a comeback in Iraq? 21.11.2018

The Kurdish Peshmerga in Iraq says that IS is rising like a phoenix from the ashes. The organization is regrouping, filling the void left by its quarreling adversaries. Judit Neurink reports from Irbil and Mosul.
Hozan Cane

Turkish court sentences German-Kurdish singer to six years in prison 14.11.2018

A German woman has been found guilty of being a member of a terrorist organization by the Turkish government. She is the third German citizen in as many months to be sentenced to prison in Turkey.
Syrien - Kurdische Frauen der YPG

US-backed Syrian fighters halt anti-IS offensive after Turkey attacks Kurdish forces 01.11.2018

For the second time in a week Turkey has fired at US-backed Syrian Kurdish forces. The uptick in tensions has prompted the US-backed SDF to halt operations against the "Islamic State."
Türkische und deutsche Fahnen

German jailed in Turkey on terrorism charges 26.10.2018

His family claimed Patrick K. was on a hiking holiday, but Turkey said he was fighting for the Kurdish YPG militia. Now a court in Sirnak has sentenced the German man to over six years in prison.
Irak Erbil

Iraqi Kurds vote for new parliament 30.09.2018

Parliamentary elections have been held in semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan. A year after a failed bid for independence, one of the parties has said it will not recognize the results.

Türkei Istanbul Anti Terror Einsatz Symbolbild

Turkey arrests another German citizen 16.08.2018

According to official figures there are now nine Germans locked up in Turkey for "political reasons." The latest case happened when a Kurdish man from Hamburg visited his mother.
Türkei Demonstration & Solidarität mit Selahattin Demirtas

Turkey's Kurdish presidential candidate Demirtas forced to campaign from prison 18.06.2018

Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas is running in the Turkish presidential election — from prison. He may have a huge following in the country, but he has received little coverage in Turkey's mainstream press.
Mohammed Haydar Zammar

Syria: Kurds detain German jihadi tied to 9/11 19.04.2018

Kurdish fighters have said they took a German-Syrian man suspected of a having a role in the September 11 attacks into custody in Syria. After being a member of al-Qaida, he is thought to have joined the "Islamic State."
Syrien US-Truppen im Grenzgebiet zur Türkei

US mulls military support in Syria from Arab allies 17.04.2018

With the "Islamic State" largely defeated, the US has reportedly been looking to form an Arab force to secure northeast Syria. Experts warn the military presence could further complicate an already complex civil war.
Film Rebeka The Dark Wind

Who are the Yazidis? 10.04.2018

When "Reseba: The Dark Wind" premiered, the film was criticized for how it portrayed the Yazidi community during a time of IS atrocities. As it arrives in Germany, DW presents key facts on the religious minority.
Syrien US-Truppen im Grenzgebiet zur Türkei

US, Turkey on collision course in Syria's Manbij 31.03.2018

A town in northern Syria is at the center of a potentially explosive dispute between Turkey and the United States. The fate of the US-led coalition against the "Islamic State" and the future map of Syria are at stake.

Symbolbild Flagge Verhältnis Türkei Deutschland

Turkey arrests German man for trying to join Kurdish militia in Syria 28.03.2018

A German national has been arrested in Turkey for allegedly trying to join the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, Turkish media reported. Turkey alleges he was formerly in the German military, which the Bundeswehr denied.

Türkei Nouruz-Fest in Diyarbakir

Kurds protest Turkey's Afrin offensive during Newroz celebrations 21.03.2018

Newroz festivities in Turkey's largest Kurdish-majority city, Diyarbakir, were marked by anger and frustration over Ankara's military operation in Afrin and the international community's inaction. Diego Cupolo reports.
Schweiz Fußballspieler Deniz Naki | Hungerstreik vor UN in Genf

Kurdish-German footballer joins hunger strike against Turkish Afrin offensive 21.03.2018

Deniz Naki was born in Germany to a Kurdish family and has long been a critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. More than 1,500 Kurdish fighters have died fighting Turkish forces in northern Syria.
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