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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 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.
Irak, Dohuk: Demonstranten stürmen ein türkisches Militärlager

Kurdish protesters storm Turkish military base in Iraq 27.01.2019

Kurdish protesters have set fire to tanks and equipment at a Turkish military base in northern Iraq. The incident, the first of its kind, left two protesters dead and reportedly forced Turkish troops to leave the base.
Syrien Hasakeh Flüchtlingslager UNHCR

Belgium can't keep 'Islamic State' fighters' families out 18.01.2019

Families of former "Islamic State" (IS) militants are stranded in Syrian detention camps. The Belgian government wants to keep them there, but as Teri Schultz reports, a Belgian court has ruled that's not acceptable.

Syrien Selbstmordanschlag in Manbidsch

Syria: 'Islamic State' claims responsibility for US troops' deaths 16.01.2019

Two US soldiers, a Pentagon civilian and a military contractor have been killed in a bomb blast in Manbij, Syria. Speaking after the attack, US Vice President Mike Pence said the "Islamic State" "has been defeated."
Syrien Manbidsch SDF Kämper

US and Turkish presidents discuss safe zone in northern Syria 15.01.2019

The US and Turkish presidents moved from Twitter to the telephone to exchange their views over the US-allied Kurdish fighters in Syria. Washington is insisting the anti-"Islamic State" fighters should not be harmed.

Syrien YPG Kämpfer in Raqa

Trump: US to 'devastate Turkey economically' if it attacks Syrian Kurds 14.01.2019

The US president has threatened Turkey with severe economic consequences if it attacks US-allied Kurds in Syria. But the Turkish presidency has hit back, saying "terrorists can't be your partners."
Syrien Manbidsch US Truppen

US starts pulling troops out of Syria, talks with Turkey to continue 11.01.2019

The first American troops and military vehicles have left Syria and moved into Iraq, according to observers. US officials are set to continue talks with Turkey on ensuring safety for the Kurdish fighters in the area.
Syrien Hasakeh Provinz SDF & US Marine Corps Kolonne

Syrian Kurds capture German, seven other foreign 'Islamic State' fighters 09.01.2019

The group of eight fighters included a German and a 16-year-old American. The US-backed Kurds are battling a last pocket of Islamist militants in eastern Syria.
Syrien - von der Türkei unterstützte Truppen in der Nähe von Manbidsch

Kurds see their dreams go up in smoke in Syria 08.01.2019

US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw troops from Syria has forced the Kurds to rethink alliances. Will they achieve their aim of an autonomous Kurdistan region in the north-east? Anchal Vohra reports.

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