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Brussels, Belgium — Farshad Gerdkane (Gardakaneh), a Kurdish athlete from Kermanshah (Kirmaşan) in Eastern Kurdistan, has won gold at the IBJJF 2026 European No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu Championship in the 97.5 kg weight class, securing the European ch…
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Protests, public gatherings and solidarity statements spread across Hasakah province on 27 October 2026 following attacks on Kurdi…
Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region — Senior Syrian Kurdish politician Ilham (Elham) Ahmed said on Monday (26 October 2026) that education…
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Iraq has begun transferring military positions held on Mount Shengal (Sinjar) to federal forces after the Shengal Resistance Units…
Dozens of Kurdish displaced people who arrived in Tal Abyad (Gire Spi) in northern Raqqa province with documents supporting their …
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Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani inaugurated a nine-kilometre dual carriageway linking Shekhan with Bahadre, Lalish…
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An explosive-laden drone struck a base belonging to the Iranian Kurdish opposition group Komala of Revolutionary Toilers of Irania…
Ali Alipour, the father of executed political prisoner Babak Alipour, has been arrested during a raid on his home in the northern …
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The Kurdistan Regional Government has launched the Kurdistan Biodiversity Project under the Kurdistan Foundation's Climate.KRD ini…
London, United Kingdom — On 20 October 2026, the Regay Azadi Political Advocacy and Human Rights Organisation (Liberation for Righ…
Hasakah, Syria — Reports circulating among Kurdish local sources indicate a growing concern that recent Arab tribal unrest in Hasa…
Kurdish political prisoner Varisheh Moradi, a women's rights activist from Sanandaj (Sine) held in Tehran's Evin Prison, has been …
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Around 450 Kurdish and Arab families have left the al-Talayi camp in the Syrian city of Hassakeh to return to the countryside of R…
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Militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have withdrawn from four camps in northern Iraq as part of an intended disbandme…
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Iran and Iran-backed Shiite militias have intensified surveillance and security activity in Iraq's Kurdistan Region following the …
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The end of the US military mission in Iraq has created a serious security vacuum for Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region, whic…
At a formal ceremony in Birmingham, the Kurdish Intellectuals Organisation in the UK was presented with the 14th Annual Community …
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On the first day of the new school year, hundreds of people gathered in Diyarbakır, Antep, Batman, Bitlis and Nusaybin to demand t…
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The family of a prisoner who died in the Kobani prison fire is calling for those responsible to be held accountable as questions r…
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At least 10 Kurdish people have reportedly been arrested in western Iran following a general strike marking the fourth anniversary…
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British military and diplomatic officials met with the Kurdistan Region’s Peshmerga Affairs Minister to discuss military cooperati…
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The Kurdistan Regional Government has rejected Baghdad’s population calculation and says the region’s share of the federal budget …
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More than 30,000 displaced people have reportedly returned to Shingal and surrounding areas this year, while thousands of families…
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Protests and political tensions are increasing in northeastern Syria as Kurdish-led institutions are integrated into the Syrian st…
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A new Syrian education policy limiting Kurdish-language teaching has sparked protests among Kurdish students and renewed debate ov…
Arin Ahmad Mhmad, originally from Rojava Kurdistan, has been named Community Champion and Alumni Impact Award winner by the Schola…
The University of Exeter is offering a new 10-week online Kurdish Kurmanji course, providing people across Britain with an opportu…
Fourteen men have gone on trial in Paris over the deaths of more than 30 migrants who drowned while attempting to cross the Englis…
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While Turkey speaks of a new “peace process”, police raids on Kurdish homes in Qoser (Kızıltepe), Mardin, have raised serious ques…
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Former Diyarbakır co-mayor Selçuk Mızraklı was released from Edirne prison on 8 September after nearly seven years behind bars, us…
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In the Cizîr region, students protested the Syrian Ministry of Education's decision to limit Kurdish language instruction to just …
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In the Şêran district of Kobanê, teachers, students, and families expressed their opposition to the decision by the Syrian Interim…
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The PKK continues to release the identities of HPG members who lost their lives at various times. The HPG—the military wing of …
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As Turkey moves forward with legislation linked to the PKK’s disarmament, a deeper question remains: what happens to the political…
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Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston, one of the world's most prestigious healthcare institutions, has achieved a histor…
A comprehensive analysis published by the US-based Wall Street Journal (WSJ) suggests that Iran's economy is nearing collapse. The…
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Mohammed Shukri, Head of the Kurdistan Region Investment Board, announced that the process of exporting wheat purchased from local…
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Ağrı Municipality Co-mayor Memet Akkuş has passed away due to the cancer he had been battling for a long time. Ağrı Municipal…
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Amedspor defeated Trabzonspor 2–1 in Diyarbakır, securing not only three points but a significant victory that came in the shadow …
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Mehdi Zana, one of the prominent figures of Kurdish political history and former Mayor of Diyarbakır, has died at the age of 85. …
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Kaveh Rafoosheh, a 35-year-old Kurdish man from Sanandaj (Sine), was executed in the city's central prison despite a public protes…
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United Nations experts have called on Iranian authorities to end the escalating arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, tortu…
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At least 46 Kurdish prisoners were executed in prisons across Iran during the first six months of 2026, of which 36 were carried o…
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Ramin Zaleh and Karim Maroufpour, two Kurdish political prisoners sentenced to death on charges of "armed insurrection", were secr…
Alina Burns, 19, who had told a man on a dating app that she wanted to "kill all Jews and Muslims", has been jailed for more than …
A Kurdish Syrian asylum seeker sent back to France under the UK's "one in, one out" scheme now faces being returned to Syria after…
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The dismissed co-mayor of the Kurdish-majority province of Hakkari (Colemêrg), Mehmet Sıddık Akış, has been sentenced to 19 years …
Kurdish racewalker Cumali Arslan, 26, finished second behind Cameron Corbishley at the inaugural British Grand Prix Half Marathon …
Lord Maurice Glasman, a member of the UK House of Lords, expressed his support for the club by wearing an Amedspor jersey. A prom…
A parliamentary tribute celebrating Agire Jiyan, the acclaimed Kurdish arts collective, was held in Committee Room 5 at the House …
A Kurdish asylum seeker who returned to Syria from the UK after his case was rejected has urged the government to halt deportation…
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DEM Party co-mayors of Malazgirt in Muş, Gülistan Özel and Ahmet Kenan Türker, have been detained on charges of engaging in terror…
Thousands of people joined pro-Kurdish demonstrations in several German cities, including Dortmund, Frankfurt and Bremen, amid ren…
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At least 70 violations targeting Kurdish language and culture were documented in Turkey in 2025, spanning public spaces, media, th…
Twenty years after the murder of Banaz Mahmod, an Iraqi Kurdish woman killed in an "honour" killing orchestrated by her father, un…
Official data has revealed a significant disparity between the constitutional entitlements of the Kurdistan Region and what was ac…
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A 2025 monitoring report has documented more than 70 concrete violations of Kurdish language and cultural rights across Turkey, de…
Iranian authorities executed at least 1,858 people during 2025, more than double the 909 executions recorded in 2024, an increase …
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Iranian authorities executed at least 1,858 prisoners during 2025, more than doubling the 909 executions recorded the previous yea…
Taban Shoresh OBE, a British-Kurdish humanitarian based in Hastings, has been named a 2025 Nansen Refugee Award regional laureate …
The Kurdish film "In the Shadow", directed by Salem Salavati, won the Golden Leaf Award for Best Kurdish Feature Film, the top pri…
Awara Rasul, who arrived in Wales from Kurdistan in 2004 as a refugee, won the Outstanding Community Volunteer award at the Cardif…
Iraq's sixth parliamentary elections were held on 11 November 2025, with turnout exceeding 56 percent nationwide, a meaningful inc…
The 14th annual CEFTUS Community Achievement Awards celebrated outstanding individuals and organisations from the British-Turkish,…
Kurdish student societies are taking root on UK university campuses, offering students of all backgrounds the chance to explore Ku…
The 2025 Kurda Award for Economics honoured young Kurdish scholars for outstanding research on economic policy in the Kurdistan Re…
The West Midlands Kurdish Community Centre in Birmingham is a registered community benefit society that promotes community cohesio…
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has been re-elected, with John Slinger MP continuing as …
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Kurdistan Region in Iraq reconstituted in the new UK Parliament, with John Slinge…
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Authorities in Iran executed at least eight prisoners at Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, including five Kurdish men, the Hengaw Orga…
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The Islamic Republic of Iran has executed at least 800 people since the beginning of 2025, an average of around 100 executions a m…
Renowned Kurdish painter Lukman Ahmed is introducing the Kurdish cause to the world through an exhibition he has opened in Washing…
The Kurdistan Regional Government's Ministry of Natural Resources and the Iraqi Ministry of Oil have reached an agreement on a new…
Iraq's Olympic football team has called up a strong contingent of Kurdish talent, including players from Erbil, Duhok and Europe, …
Germany marked the 11th anniversary of the Yazidi genocide, reaffirming its commitment to justice for survivors of the 2014 Islami…
SV Azadi, a Kurdish football club in Germany, has gained attention for its rapid rise in German football, evolving from a dream sh…
Certificates were awarded to 64 students who successfully completed a Kurdish language course at a school in the US. Sixty-four s…
Kurdish filmmaker Rakat Hama Tofiq was honoured with the Best Director award at the Vertigo Film Festival in Milan, Italy, for his…
Iraq's Council of Ministers approved a new financial agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government, paving the way for the resu…
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Iran carried out the executions of three prisoners, two Kurds and one Lor, in Kermanshah and Hamedan, according to the Hengaw Orga…
Kurdish Alevi singer Suna Alan performed an evening of traditional and cross-cultural melodies at the Vortex Jazz Club in London, …
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Three Kurdish political prisoners were secretly executed at Urmia Central Prison in north-west Iran, the Hengaw Organization for H…
Bakhtawar Barzan Abdalla has graduated from Swansea University with an MSc in Advanced Computer Science with Distinction, having b…
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A 16 March drone attack in northern Syria killed seven Kurdish children, their 18-year-old sister and their parents, all apparentl…
Duhok Sports Club became the first Iraqi club to participate in and win the Gulf Cooperation Council (GFF) Gulf Club Champions Lea…
The London Kurdish Film Festival (LKFF) returned for its 14th edition, running from 25 April to 3 May 2025 at venues including Fin…
The Dakok Support Centre, in collaboration with the Mawlawi Cultural Centre, hosted the first Kurdish book fair in the United King…
The Kurdish community in London came together in Finsbury Park to celebrate Newroz, marking the arrival of spring and the Kurdish …
A Newroz reception was held in London to mark the Kurdish new year, bringing together Kurdish community representatives and UK pol…
Iraq and the Kurdistan Region commemorated the 37th anniversary of the 1988 Halabja chemical attack, a massacre that killed thousa…
The UK Parliament hosted an event to commemorate the 37th anniversary of the chemical attack on Halabja, sponsored by John Slinger…
The Iraqi federal government officially designated 16 March as a national holiday, commemorating the Halabja chemical attack and o…
Relatives of the victims of the Anfal campaign, the Kakai community, survivors of the Halabja chemical attack and Yezidis have joi…
Kurdish restaurants and chefs dominated the 13th British Kebab Awards, with Kurdish chef Majid, originally from Syrian Kurdistan, …
At the Mawlawi Centre in Manchester, the United Kingdom Kurdish Association (UKKA) launched a Health Platform with the participati…
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A drone strike by the Türkiye-Syrian National Army coalition that hit a Kurdish Red Crescent ambulance in northern Syria is an app…
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At least 14 civilians were killed and 29 wounded in attacks by Turkish-backed forces in northern Syria over two days, the Kurdish-…
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Turkish authorities detained a prominent investigative journalist and four colleagues and removed an elected pro-Kurdish mayor fro…
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Six civilians were killed in two Turkish airstrikes in Iraq's Kurdistan Region, according to Kurdish activists and lawmakers. In …
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Turkish police detained a pro-Kurdish mayor and five other municipal officials in the southern province of Mersin as part of a ter…
The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) came first in the Kurdistan Region's parliamentary election, winning 39 of 100 seats, the ele…
The Erbil Citadel, a tell or occupied mound in the centre of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region, is one of the oldest continuously inha…
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Ali Doğan Gönültaş, one of the most distinctive voices of contemporary Kurdish folk music, performs at Kings Place in London on Sunday 8 November 2026 (doors 7:30pm).
The Singer is known for his deeply moving, contempor…
📞 Tickets: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/contemporary/ali-dogan-gonultas
Chef Ali, who grew up in Sulaymaniyah and resettled in Bristol, teaches authentic Kurdish Iraqi dishes such as Bamya (okra stew) and Kibbeh (stuffed rice with lamb), followed by a sit-down meal. The class is run by Migra…
Aynur Doğan — one of the most powerful and uncompromising voices of contemporary Kurdish music — headlines her debut UK tour in spring 2027, presenting music from her critically acclaimed album Rabe after 25 years of rec…
📞 Tickets: https://aynurdogan.net/en/tour/
The London Kurdish Film Festival returns for its 15th edition in April 2027, marking 25 years as the first and largest festival of its kind. Submissions are open for Kurdish and Kurdish-adjacent features, shorts, documen…
The Birmingham Kurdish Film Festival returns for its second edition in May 2027, screening Kurdish feature and short fiction from Kurdistan and the diaspora. Submissions are open to Kurdish and non-Kurdish filmmakers exp…
Founded and led by vocalist Farzad Mehdi Nia, the Hawraman Music Group brings the rich musical heritage of the Hawraman mountains to life, celebrating the deep ties between music, language and Kurdish cultural identity. …
Govend is the family of Kurdish line and circle dances performed hand in hand at weddings, Newroz and gatherings across Kurdistan. This free evening at Jamboree opens with a dance workshop at 7:30pm, taught for everyone,…
Two of Kurdish music's most popular stars, Karwan Kamil and Hardi Salami, perform live in London in an evening of beloved Kurdish songs and vibrant live performance at the Dominion Centre — Gaumont Palace. Presented by R…
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Kurdish singer Ninush toured the UK in September 2026, performing in Manchester and London. Her intimate live shows blend Kurdish song with contemporary arrangements, carrying the Kurdish language and emotion to new audi…
An evening of Kurdish music, poetry and archival sound at Café OTO, London, exploring Kurdish songs, memories and cultural heritage through live performance and archival recordings. (Café OTO)
Gulan presented the 'Kurdish Legends' exhibition at The Tabernacle in London, showcasing artworks and cultural heritage celebrating Kurdish history, art and identity by Kurdish artists and craftspeople. (Gulan)
Legendary Kurdish singer Şivan Perwer, whose voice carried the Kurdish cause into exile for more than four decades, performed live in Manchester in front of thousands of fans. The concert was one of the biggest Kurdish m…
A solemn commemoration honouring the victims of the Halabja chemical attack, the Anfal campaigns and the Barzani Anfal was held at Lambeth Assembly Hall in London, bringing together UK parliamentarians, the Iraqi Ambassa…
Kurdish singer Aynur, one of the most powerful voices in contemporary Kurdish music, toured the UK in spring 2026, bringing her blend of Kurdish folk and modern song to Bristol and London's Barbican. Her performances con…
A Nowruz celebration at Jamboree in King's Cross featuring traditional Kurdish and Persian music with Peyman Heydarian and guests, marking the Newroz season in the heart of London. (Jamboree)
Thousands of Kurds and friends of Kurdistan gathered in Finsbury Park, London, to celebrate Newroz, the Kurdish New Year. The day featured Kurdish music, dance, food and the traditional Newroz fire, marking the arrival o…
London's Kurdish community welcomed Newroz with a family festival — music, dance, food, storytelling and the traditional Newroz fire. A celebration of the Kurdish New Year and a coming-together of the diaspora in London.…
The literary giants who shaped Kurdish national consciousness and poetic art.
Author of Mem û Zîn
If the Kurds had been a united people, wrote Ehmedê Xanî more than three centuries ago, the Turks, the Arabs a…
Master of Nature & Sufi Lyricism
Born around 1590 in the mountain village of Werezûz in Miks (Bahçesaray) in Hakkari, Feqiyê Teyran — born Mîr …
Voice of Kurdish Awakening
Cegerxwîn — the name means bleeding liver, the blood of my own heart — is the pen name of Şêxmûs Hesen (1903-1…
Contemporary Master of Verse
Şêrko Bêkes (1940-2013) transformed the Kurdish poem the way Barzani transformed the Kurdish battlefield — by …
Co-founder of the Hawar Latin Alphabet
The Prince of Kurdish letters, Celadet Ali Bedirxan was born into the famed Bedirxan family of Cizre and becam…
Veterinarian, Revolutionary & Chronicler of the Dersim Uprising
Nuri Dersimi, known to his people as Baytar (Veterinarian) Nuri, was born in Dersim and became one of the most…
Founder & Leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party
Mela Mustafa Barzani was born in the rugged mountain heartland of Barzan and rose to become the most iconic an…
Koçgiri Poet-Leader & Organiser of the Koçgiri and Dersim Uprisings
Aliser Efendi was born in the Koçgiri region of Sivas and combined the soul of a poet with the mind of a revol…
Leader of the 1880 Uprising & Early Pioneer of Kurdish Nationalism
Sheikh Ubeydullah of Nehri was born near Hakkari and became a powerful Naqshbandi sheikh whose influence spann…
Ruler of the Botan Emirate & Leader of the 1847 Uprising
Bedirhan Bey was the last great ruler of the Botan Emirate, a powerful Kurdish principality centred on Cizre i…
Kurdish Writer, Diplomat & Co-founder of the Kurdish Teali Society
Kamuran Ali Bedirxan was born into the storied Bedirxan family in Istanbul and became one of the leading Kurdi…
Kurdish Nationalist Activist
Remzi Nafi (1917-1949) was one of the boldest Kurdish nationalists of the mid-twentieth century — a man who ca…
Secretary-General of the PDKI & Modern Leader of Iranian Kurdistan
Abdul Rahman Qasimlo was born near Urmia in Iranian Kurdistan and became the most influential Kurdish leader o…
Founder & First President of the Republic of Mahabad
Qazi Muhammad was born in Mahabad, the ancient Kurdish city of Iranian Kurdistan, into a respected family of j…
Spiritual Leader of the 1937-38 Dersim Uprising
Seyid Riza was born in Dersim, the rugged highland region, into the Seyid Hasaniler tribe, and became the lead…
Chieftain of the Shikak Tribe & Early Kurdish Nationalist
Simko Shikak (Ismail Agha) was born into the powerful Shikak tribe of north-western Iran and became one of the…
'Eagle of Ararat' & Commander of the Ararat Uprising
Ihsan Nuri Pasha was born in Bitlis and, as a trained Ottoman officer, became one of the few Kurdish leaders w…
Leader of the 1925 Sheikh Said Uprising
Sheikh Said was a Naqshbandi religious leader born near Hinis in the eastern Ottoman lands, whose standing as …
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