ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Turkey on Tuesday announced plans to introduce elective Kurdish language instruction in schools, a step aimed at easing tension that Kurdish minority activists argued didn’t go ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish government proposal to end a decades-long conflict with Kurdish militants has put Kurdish rights back in the spotlight, at a time when Kurdish leaders say repression is ...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that his government would introduce elective lessons in the Kurdish language in schools. Delivering a speech at his Justice and Development ...

Affiliated with the Metropolitan Municipality of İstanbul, the İstanbul Arts and Vocational Training Center (İSMEK) has started accepting applications for Kurdish lessons. In early December, the ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Although Kurdish has been offered as an elective course in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish provinces for the past 14 years, official figures show that the number of government ...

İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality has announced that it will hire 420 contractual employees in 44 sectors, including two Kurdish language instructors. The applicants for Kurdish instruction must have ...