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Kurdish leaders reiterate support for Turkiye’s ongoing peace process with Kurds in Newroz messages

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A view of Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen International Airport. File photo: AA

Three tourists from Kurdistan Region stranded at Istanbul airport for 18 days amid airspace closure

Turkish soldiers waiting in front of Incirlik military base in Adana on March 12, 2026. Photo: Turkish Ministry of National Defense

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. File photo: AFP

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A new photograph of jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan was shared at a ceremony marking the first anniversary of his to end armed struggle on February 27, 2026. Photo: submitted

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Fighters with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) line up to put their weapons into a pit during a ceremony in Sulaimaniyah, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, on July 11, 2025. AFP file photo

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Turkish parliamentary vote ‘accelerates’ PKK peace process: Erdogan

A Kurdish language class in Ankara. Photo: Rudaw

17-02-2026

Turkey's Kurdish classrooms face teacher shortage amid unemployment

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DEM Party delegation meets jailed PKK leader

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Turkey among worst countries for lawmakers: Report

Erdogan's meeting with DEM Party delegation in Ankara on February 12, 2026. Photo: Turkish presidency

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DEM Party delegation says meeting with Erdogan was ‘important’

The body of a migrant from the Kurdistan Region’s Sulaimani province was found in Roboski village, the mountainous areas of Sirnak province in southeastern Turkey, on January 4, 2026. Photos: submitted.

04-01-2026

Body of Kurdistan Region migrant found under snow in southeastern Turkey

Municipal teams clear snow from roads to reopen access to a village in Şırnak, southeastern Turkey, on Thursday, January 1, 2026. Photo: AA

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Man from Sulaimani freezes to death in Turkey while en route to Europe

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Skiing with wood; Kurdish villagers in Turkey preserve cultural heritage

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Heavy snowfall blankets southeastern Turkey, cutting off villages

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Rusen Firat speaking to Rudaw in Erzurum on December 29, 2023. Photo: Rudaw

Turkish court axes controversial flag ruling against Kurdish woman

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Skiing with wood; Kurdish villagers in Turkey preserve cultural heritage

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Heavy snowfall blankets southeastern Turkey, cutting off villages

In Turkey’s Kurdish southeast, heavy snow and cold temperatures have brought...

Diyarbakir book fair returns after 4-year hiatus

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Turkey's Alevis call for secular education, equality