Kurdish

Wall Street Journal published letter for a Kurdish State – by a Greek-American

The Kurds are a historic and important people in the Middle East. It is a great pity that they do…

15 January 2025

Turkey Hints at Possible Syria Incursion Over Cross-Border Attacks

Turkey hinted at a possible military incursion into northern Syria following escalating cross-border attacks, blaming Kurdish groups and warning that…

30 November 2024

Istanbul Study Estimates 13 Million Kurds in Turkey

Study Estimates 13 Million Kurds in Turkey, Highlighting Lack of Official Data**

25 November 2024

Appeals Council of Thessaloniki to decide on Kurdish man's extradition to Turkey

A Turkish citizen wanted by Ankara for a series of alleged crimes linked with drug dealing and terrorism was led…

28 December 2023

Turkey from within Hagia Sophia incites Muslims to rally behind Gaza while killing Kurds in Syria

Turkey, from within Hagia Sophia, incites the Ummah to rally behind Gaza, killing Muslim Kurdish babies and cutting water and…

26 October 2023

PKK-linked Kurd arrested in Athens

Police arrested a 35-year-old Kurdish man during a routine check in the central Athens neighbourhood of Exarchia. According to eKathimerini,…

11 October 2023

ATHENS: Kurds protest the closure of refugee centre in Lavrio

Kurds held a demonstration in the centre of Athens on Wednesday afternoon, reacting to the closure of the refugee camp…

6 July 2023

Theophobos - The Kurdish "Emperor" of Byzantium

Theophobos (Θεόφοβος), originally Nasir (ناصر), was a Kurdish commander of the Khurramite sect who converted to Christianity and entered Byzantine…

25 February 2023

Paris: Kurdish organisation blames Turkey for attack on community centre

The Kurdish Democratic Council of France (CDK-F) considers it "unacceptable" that the shooting incident that killed three people outside a…

24 December 2022

Assyrian loanwords in Kurdish

While many make a huge deal of foreign loanwords in Classical Syriac or Modern Assyrian Aramaic, little do we realise…

18 September 2022

Semra Güzel: Pro-Kurdish MP arrested in Turkey

Turkish police arrested a pro-Kurdish member of parliament after photos were published showing him with members of the Kurdistan Workers…

3 September 2022

Turkey continues propaganda of "Kurdish PKK Training Camps" in Greece's Lavrio refugee facility

In view of the Mitsotakis-Erdoğan meeting on Sunday in Istanbul, media in Turkey reiterated baseless allegations against Greece - What…

9 March 2022

Alleged Kurdish PKK members trying to enter Greece arrested by Turkish border authorities

Alleged members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), were arrested by Turkish border guards as they tried to cross into…

1 July 2021

Kurdish rebel leader: Don't holiday in Turkey, it's a war zone and your safety is not guaranteed

Murat Karayılan, commander of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant wing known as the People's Defence Forces, spoke about the…

24 June 2020

Named after the Ancient Greek God of Music: Apolas Lermi continues Pontian musical traditions in Turkey (VIDEOS)

With the popularity of Greek City Times' interview with Merve Tanrıkulu, demands were made that we speak with more performers…

9 May 2020

Erdoğan: "millions of refugees" will soon be moving towards Turkey's borders with the EU

Russia's Defence Ministry has stated that Turkey is trying to push more than 130,000 refugees from Syria into Greece. According…

4 March 2020

Greece condemns Turkish invasion of Syria

Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias condemned Turkey's invasion in Syria on Wednesday and called it a "big mistake”. Dendias made…

10 October 2019

Anarchist group holds peaceful protest against Turkey over Kurdish problem

The Greek ‘anti-establishment’ group "Rouvikonas" held a protest on Wednesday in "support of the Kurdish hunger-strikers and an end of…

7 February 2019

Over 250 migrants block busy road in northern Greece

Over 250 migrants took to the streets to block a busy northern Greek highway, in a second day of protests…

25 May 2018

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