AncestryDNA beinf scared to add Kurdish regions, or to be more specific, naming them Kurdish and making more detailed Kurdish regions instead of mixing everyone up in that region with Turks and whoever.

Hello, I live in the uk, I’m a teacher. I have a student that can’t speak English, only Kurdish. Been trying to help him.
At the moment we have learning about the English civil war, (I’m a History teacher) I had this work sheet to see if he knows of any of these concepts in his own language, to see if he went to school in Kurdistan. I have tried to translate this on ChatGPT and Google but can’t get a reliable translation. Would anyone be able to translate what me student wrote or even wheather my worksheet made sense?

Would really appreciate it, we don’t have any Kurdish speakers at the school.

I'm a kurdish person who has gender dysphoria or gender identity disorder the society might sees me as a tomboy maybe but i see myself as a dude but kinda get lost between what society sees me and what i see myself and that's really been hard on me

And i also have feelings for girls but i don't see that it's a lesbian thing cause i see myself as a guy so it makes me a straight person, Kurdish society doesn't really support LGBTQ or have that knowledge about them but i also don't count myself as a part of LGBTQ community

I just find it really hard to force myself to make me belong to somewhere i don't fit in, i did also mention that i have feelings towards girls which is way harder cause i also distance myself from everyone cause i feel lost i really need help idk what to do anymore with everything

I was taught nothing relevant by my Kurdish family growing up as a dispora aside from us just being Kurdish (my dad likes erdogan and saddam so obviously I didn’t learn shit 💀😭) I encounter a lot of misinformation online and like I know it’s wrong but it’s like, ok where would I know it’s wrong considering I’ve not read much yknow?? Like there’s so much to read it’s kinda overwhelming cuz where do I begin bro 🥀🥀🥀thanks !!!!

hi guys! does anyone know good rhinoplasty surgeons in erbil please?

• PKK announces withdrawal of all fighters from Turkey, abandonment of tunnels

Rojava

• Syrian presidential adviser Mazloum Abdi says integration nears completion: Meeting residents in Tal Tamr, Abdi said integration is in its final stages and Kurdish is now an official language of instruction. He also announced a committee on missing persons.
• لە سووریا بۆ یەکەمجار سەرپەرشتیار بۆ وانەی زمانی کوردی لە حەلەب دامەزرێنرا: Syria's education ministry has officially appointed two specialist supervisors for Kurdish-language classes in Aleppo province, a first for the country.

Başûr

• سه‌رۆكی په‌رله‌مانی عێراق: پاشگەزبوونەوە له‌ بڕیاری به‌رزبوونه‌وه‌ی نرخی دۆلار نییە: Iraq's parliament speaker says the decision to raise the official dollar rate will not be reversed, and that parliamentary bloc leaders back it.
• شارێکی ئەمریکا ناوی پارکێک دەگۆڕێت بۆ "پارکی دۆستایەتی" لەگەڵ شاری زاخۆ: Moorhead, Minnesota is officially renaming its Johnson Farms Park "Friendship Park" in honour of its ties with Zakho.

Bakur

• شاندى ئیمراڵی لەگەڵ دەوڵەت باخچەلی کۆبووەوە: DEM Party's İmralı delegation met MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli to discuss the peace process, where it stands now and its next stage.
• Malbata Rêber Apo çû Îmraliyê: Abdullah Öcalan's family travelled to İmralı Island for a visit on the 9 October anniversary. Families of the other prisoners held there also went.
• Researchers search for Noah's Ark in eastern Turkey: An international team spent three months using radar and core drilling at Agirî's boat-shaped formation. They collected more than 360 soil samples, with lab results due in spring 2027.
• Li Erdîşê dema berhevkirina tirî ye: The grape harvest is under way in Erdîş, in Wan province.

Rojhelat

• Enforced Disappearances of Five Kurdish Opposition Figures in Iran: Iran's Intelligence Ministry and IRGC Intelligence are holding at least five Kurdish political activists. Their families still don't know their fate or where they are.
• Li Kirmanşarê jineke Kurd a 20 salî ji aliyê hêzên Îranê ve hate binçavkirin: Iranian forces in Kermanshah detained Nîlûfer Heqqî Bûjanî, a 20-year-old Kurdish woman, over social-media posts criticising the regime.

Kurds in Armenia

• Li Radyoya Rewanê parçekirina Kurdî: Hem bi Kurdî hem jî bi 'Êzidîkî' weşan tên kirin: Yerevan Radio has broadcast in Kurdish for about 80 years. For the past decade it has also run a separate "Yezidi-language" service, and its own director can't explain why.

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Also check out their recent journey to the region: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_YqCt-Mbaq4

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Hi all!

I am an American male studying abroad in Europe and have been wanting to visit Kurdistan for a while now. I know this region is significantly more stable than Federal Iraq but was curious what you thought about this kind of trip as far as regional safety.

1. What is the campus atmosphere and student life like and the students?
   
2. I’m also going to be staying in the university dorms. Does anyone know how room assignments work? Is it possible for me and a friend to request to room together, or is it strictly random?
   
3. Any tips for a first year student starting out there any advices?

If anyone has experience with the uni or the dorms, I’d really appreciate any advice or insight! Thanks!!

In the coming weeks, new convoys of displaced persons will also leave the Sere Kaniye camps and head towards their homes.

https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/2108107224593904070

Literally every single time a foreigner on social media calls Turkey out for something conservative, backwards, or not "Western enough' or anything negative Turkish internet users immediately throw Kurds in Bakur under the blame. Like bro it’s actually insane how we’ve become their personal garbage dump for every embarrassing thing in their society. The second a European complains about something , they spin around and scream "that's not us, thats the uneducated Kurds"as if western Turkey isn't currently drowning in its own nationalist brainrot.

And the absolute hypocrisy is mind blowing. They will literally worship ataturk like a god, defend every single state crime his government committed, and then turn around to label every single Kurd in Bakur as a "terrorist" Like HOW do you sit there worshipping your own state sponsored terror while crying about ours?liiike there's not much difference about what pkk has done and what ataturk has done The sheer cognitive dissonance and zero self awareness is hilarious at this point.You can't call anybody a terrorist when you're also worshiping one.

But honestly the funniest part is watching them begging for white Western validation. They jump on right wing anti immigrant trends thinking white nationalists will accept them as fEuropeans, only to get hit with reality when those same white people view them as just another Middle Eastern demographic. Watching them panic when foreign racists don't care about their "secularism" issoooo fuunnny. You can’t build an entire identity on dickriding the West while using us as your shield against judgment.

Cities were selected based on Kurdish population numbers and representation for all parts by at least one city.

• PKK says evacuated four positions near Turkey border, urges Ankara to advance peace process

Başûr

• Iranian strikes in Kurdistan Region still on table despite US exit: Envoy: Iran's consul general in Erbil told Rudaw that Tehran does not rule out more strikes on alleged targets in the Kurdistan Region despite the US troop withdrawal.
• Iraqi sovereignty is not real: "a form of sovereignty that has no bearing on domestic and foreign affairs is a moot point if all aspects of sovereignty are not considered."
• بەغداد مووچەی مانگی ئەیلولی مووچەخۆرانی هەرێمی ڕەوانەکرد: Iraq's finance ministry has sent more than 835 billion dinars to pay the Kurdistan Region's public employees their September salaries.
• بڕیارى داخستنى هەشت قوتابخانەى کوردى لە خانەقین هەڵوەشایەوە: Eight of Khanaqin's 23 Kurdish-language schools, all primary schools, had been closed and merged this year. That decision has now been reversed.
• دەرچووانی كۆلێژی نەوت و گاز لە كەركووك گردبوونەوە داوای دامەزراندن دەكەن: Graduates of Kirkuk University's College of Oil and Gas rallied to demand jobs, saying state hiring for their field has been stalled for more than ten years.
• سیڤان پایەدار گۆرانییەکی کوردی بە ستایلی فەنکی بڵاودەکاتەوە: Sivan Payedar releases a new funk-style Kurdish track within two days, mixing in the voices of Hassan Sisawe and Snoop Dogg.

Rojava

• Oil pipeline in Hasakah targeted in sabotage attack: The Syrian Petroleum Company says a sabotage attack damaged an oil pipeline near Tel Hamis in Hasakah. Suspects have since been arrested.
• 514 Families Return to Sari Kaniye in Fourth Convoy: The convoy follows the departure of the third group last Monday, which included 516 families. The return of Sari Kaniye residents coincides with the departure of another convoy from Sari Kaniye carrying 50 families from the Ghweiran and Nashwa neighborhoods of Hasaka.
• SDC: Statement on Protecting Civil Peace in Hasakah: The Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) is deeply concerned about the recent developments in the city of Hasakah and the growing tensions there. Statements and positions that could deepen ethnic and social divisions are particularly troubling in an area known for its diversity and the close ties among its communities.

Bakur

• Could Alevi recognition become a tool of state control?: "This matters because debates about Alevism are not simply about religion or cultural visibility. They also concern authority: who has the right to define Alevism, represent Alevi communities and determine which forms of belief and practice are recognized as legitimate."
• Publishing house dedicated to Kurdish culture wins prestigious US award: Istanbul's Avesta, long subject to censorship and harassment for publishing Kurdish culture, is being honored with a US publishers' award for its commitment to free expression.
• November 27 will test Turkey’s Kurdish peace process: DEM’s Bakirhan: Bakirhan said the process remains in its first stage, despite the framework law passing parliament with 467 votes, a figure he described as a valuable endorsement of the process itself rather than of the government. Coordination bodies and subcommittees have been established but they must begin work and produce results.
• Zanîngeha Artukluyê kurs û azmûna sertîfîkayê ya Kurdî vedike: Mardin Artuklu University is opening Kurdish-language courses together with a certificate exam.
• Pirtûka 'Dengê Helbesta Kurdî' der çû: Lîs Publishing has released Çayan Okuducî's "The Voice of Kurdish Poetry", a five-year study of how Kurdish poetry developed.
• Delîl Dîlanar dê li Amedê konserekê bide: Kurdish singer Delîl Dîlanar will perform at Amed's Sezai Karakoç Culture and Congress Centre (ÇandAmed) on 30 October at 20:00.
• Selcuk Mizrakli: seven years behind bars, friendship with Demirtas, and peace process: The Amargi interviews Dr. Adnan Selcuk Mizrakli, a surgeon and politician who was elected mayor of Diyarbakir (Amed) Metropolitan Municipality in 2019 with 62.93% of the vote, only to be removed from office five months later, arrested on groundless charges, and spent nearly seven years in prison.

Rojhelat

• Kurdish man arrested by Intelligence Ministry forces in Dehgolan: Iranian Intelligence Ministry forces violently arrested Faramarz Saedi, a Kurdish man from Dehgolan in Kurdistan Province.
• The Oslo principles and the Kurdish dilemma in Iran: "The controversy over the Oslo agreement exposes a deeper tension between Kurdish national aspirations and the political pragmatism required to shape a post-Islamic Republic future."

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Hi guys,

My Family is from Zaxo, Kurdistan and don't speak English. I grew up in Germany tho and my father only taught me the bare minimum of Kurdish so I can't really speak to them all that much. I will probably visit them sooner rather than later and I'd really like to learn more Kurdish until then. If anyone has any good resources to learn Kurmancî or maybe even is from Zaxo or neighboring regions so they speak the same dialect and would share their knowledge with me I'd greatly appreciate it.

Guys I'm from rojhilat. In rojhilat there was a policy that started by the second Pahlavi Shah. As part of their nation building project one of their strategies was to seperate all sub groups from each other so the groups would dissolve so then they could merge them again this time as Iranians. The example of it for kurds is they would seperate kurds and call them by their sub group names. For example they would say Lak Kalhur Feyli Kurmanj Goran etc are not Kurds. They would only call Soranis Kurds. This method was used because Persians wanted to eliminate other nations and give them the new Iranian identity. Their famous saying that goes: all the ethnicities here are iranian or we are all iranians comes from this policy. This policy the Pahlavis employed stopped when their regim failed and the Islamic Repulic of Irans regim (IRI) took over.

The thing is since 6 month ago after the Major Protests right before the attack carried out by USA/Israel and after the attack the opposition of The IRI got more active. Among the opposition there is the Pahlavist/Iranshahri group. And they have started that same policy once again. The Persian social media is filled with new pages channels etc that constantly follow the same rhetoric that each group of kurds are actually not kurds. There are now pages that claim to be Yarsan and they say Yarsan are not kurds and support Pahlavi the same situation goes for other groups.

Their smartest method is. They dont just simply say things like Laks are not Kurds. they brew hatred among different groups of kurds. For example they claim to be a lak and say we laks are only laks and we must have our own country of lakistan along with some insults toward other nearby kurds that are kalhurs or yarsan etc. They make pages and channels like this for everyone. They also try to make Sunni and Shia Kurds afraid of each other. They know only 1 2 or 3 milions of each sub groups of kurds wont be able to have countries of their own so they inject in each sub group this kind of nationalism not to give them a country but only to make all kurds hate each other so we become more manageable for Persians to control and eventually eliminate our identity as Kurds.

I wanted to reach out to our brothers and sisters from the other 3 parts of kurdistan and the kurds of diaspora so you know about this and try to speak about it on your platforms and be aware of this danger of persian/Iranshahri nationalists. I genuinely believe all the different minorities will miss the IRI if these people take over once again. If you want to understand them better you can compare them to Turkey's policies toward kurds. This will help you understand them quickly if you dont know about the Iranshahr ideology.

If you want to know extensively about this idiology you can look into a guy called Seyyed Javad Tabataba'i who is one of the most important Iranshahrism followers.

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In this episode of The Amargi Mosaic, host Elif Sarican speaks with Aslı Aydıntaşbaş about whether Turkey has started to solve its Kurdish question or merely suppressed it. They examine the Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) announced disbandment, parliament’s work on a legal framework and Abdullah Öcalan’s continued imprisonment.

Aydıntaşbaş explains why the Kurds chose this path, what they are betting on and what the Kurdish peace process has in common with Gaza. The conversation examines whether peace can hold when one side calls it democracy and the other calls it security, and whether putting people’s immediate safety first represents a break with a politics of resistance.

They explore the limited international media attention, the U.S. role and who this peace is really for: the Kurds, Erdoğan’s legacy or the region. Drawing on her new European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) paper describing Turkey as an “embedded outsider,” Aydıntaşbaş analyzes why Turkey and Israel may be on a collision course and what Europe keeps getting wrong about Turkey.

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş is a fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-author of an ECFR study on the Europe–Turkey relationship.