The Kurdish language has faced many challenges in recent history, including being banned at different times in Turkey, Iraq and Syria, with heavy restrictions often placed on Kurdish-language media ...

(BIANET/IFEX) – In two separate cases, free expression is being suppressed in relation to Kurdish language, culture and politics. In one case, this suppression is the result of actions by Turkish ...

A Gaziantep court has acquitted journalist Yetişgen of violating an old law concerning the exclusive use of the Turkish alphabet. Yasin Yetişgen is the editor of the local Çoban Ateşi (Shepherd's Fire ...