(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 ...

Only the Kurdish alpabet includes the letter "q" whereas it does not exist in the Turkish alphabet. The prosecutor saw an "element of crime" in writing the word with a "q" in Turkish. In his defence, ...

Turkey's highest court on Friday banned the country's main Kurdish political party over its alleged links to Kurdish rebels. The ruling from the constitutional court is not likely to please Turkey's ...

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 ...