The invisible Kurds
The earliest recorded presence of Kurds in Sudan dates back to the Ayyubid conquest of Nubia, shortly after around 1170. During the decline of the Fatimid Caliphate, Egyptians and Nubians fought intensely. After several Nubian raids, Kanz al-Dawlah, the mayor of Aswan, requested Ayyubid intervention from Salahuddin, who sent Turanshah to lead the military campaign. […]
The rise and fall of Hizbullah
Hizbullah was an Islamist and Kurdish separatist militant group in Turkey, founded by Hüseyin Velioğlu in 1993. Its unique Kurdish identity set it apart from other Islamist groups. Despite being an Islamist group, Velioğlu did not seek cooperation with Turkish Islamists, and initially sought cooperation with Abdullah Öcalan, founder of the PKK and his former […]
Our only religion is Kurdistan
Without a doubt, Ey Reqîb is widely accepted as the Kurdish national anthem. However, one specific line is controversial to some Kurds. Organized by Dildar and Hussein Barzinji in 1938, the poem contains the lyrics “our only religion is Kurdistan”. In 1946, the Republic of Mahabad adopted Ey Reqîb as its national anthem, though it […]
Why the silence on the current Turkey-PKK talks?
Everything began on October 1, 2024, when Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), shook hands with members of the left-wing pro-Kurdish DEM Party during the opening of the 28th term of the Turkish Parliament in Ankara. Bahçeli, who had a long history of disrespecting the DEM Party and its various […]
The first Kurd in the new Syrian government
In December 2024, shortly after Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was overthrown by the Syrian opposition, Ahmed al-Sharaa, the new Syrian president, drew attention as he appointed the first Kurd to the Syrian government. He is not just a Kurd, but he is known for always wearing Kurdish clothing and being a very vocal Sorani Kurdish […]