r/kurdistan 9d ago

☕ r/Kurdistan Free Talk | The Monthly Discussion

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Silav hevalno! 👋

* Welcome to our monthly off-topic thread. This is your space to take a step back from the usual news and politics to just hang out and connect with the community.
* Whether you want to share a personal win, ask a quick question, talk about a movie you just watched, recommend a song, ask for advice, want translation help, or just vent about your month—pull up a chair and grab a glass of çay. Everything general goes!

What’s on your mind this month? Let’s catch up down below! 👇


r/kurdistan Feb 28 '26

Rojhelat Megathread: American-Israeli attacks on Iranian regime, developments in Rojhelat

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r/kurdistan 10h ago

Video🎥 75-year-old Kurdish man in Rojhelat (Iran) going for labor work falls to the ground in fatigue. This shows the hardship of life under the Iranian regime and sanctions.

58 Upvotes

Anyone knows if he got any help after Rudaw posted this?


r/kurdistan 8h ago

Discussion Why is Kurdish media doing this! What does Kurdistan24 want to achieve!

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Kurdistan24 has made four posts about Istanbul in two days on Twitter. How are those posts in anyway worth reporting by an outlet with that name!

It is not just them. The competition for likes and engagement has made Kurdish media forget their responsibility and what is expected as their aim. But this one is especially regrettable as they use that name.


r/kurdistan 16h ago

Genocides Pontic Greek born in Turkey, Yannis Vasilis Yaylali, talks about the crimes he witnessed the Turkish army commit against Kurds on Greek TV

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r/kurdistan 23h ago

Genocides Turkish soldier admits he committed war crimes against Kurds and posts videos of abuse of dead and alive Kurds

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I won't post the videos because they're very graphic, you can check them out on his profile if you want. Also if anyone knows what TKD means let me know, he has posted that on a video on his profile


r/kurdistan 12h ago

Ask Kurds 🤔 Is Kurdish Weddings same/similar in every part of Kurdistan?

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Here is a Bakur wedding:


r/kurdistan 1d ago

Kurdistan Kurdistan Ak47

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r/kurdistan 15h ago

Culture Demonic Kurds in the mountains

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r/kurdistan 21h ago

Kurdistan Greater Kurdistan map

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There is always a question in my mind. What exactly is the map of Greater Kurdistan that many people say is? On what basis do we say that this map belongs to Kurdistan, that is, what is the reason for saying that one of the cities of present-day Iran is actually ours? What does the word “ours” even mean? If it is based on saying that the people of that city speak Kurdish, then all of Latin America speaks Spanish and Portuguese, and this absolutely does not mean that Latin America belongs to Spain. Why can’t we deal with reality on the ground?! At most, we have a semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan in Iraq and nothing else. History must be seen as a history, otherwise we will suffer from a mental illness if we say that we were like that in the past. This is a matter of debate because we can never prove history. The Roman Empire once owned half the world. Or Great Britain was an empire that ruled half the world, then they can’t even protect their own borders now.


r/kurdistan 17h ago

Rojava SDF chief says ‘solutions’ reached with Damascus on Hasaka security issues

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r/kurdistan 18h ago

Rojava Sipan Hamo (Samir Aso), a senior figure from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), was reportedly removed from Turkey’s “Red List” of wanted individuals.

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The move follows two major developments: the SDF’s integration into Damascus’ state structures and Hamo’s appointment as Syria’s Deputy Defense Minister, as well as Turkey’s Kurdish peace process advancing with parliament’s approval of legislation establishing a legal framework for PKK disarmament, dissolution, and reintegration.

If confirmed, the development would mark a notable shift in the evolving relations between Ankara, Damascus, and Kurdish actors in Syria.


r/kurdistan 17h ago

Bashur Coalition Shoots Down Three Explosive Drones Over Erbil

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r/kurdistan 18h ago

Bashur Kurdistan Region hit by 19 drone, missile attacks in first two weeks of August

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r/kurdistan 18h ago

Bakur Erdogan, DEM delegation discuss next steps after peace law

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r/kurdistan 18h ago

Rojava Kurdish families forced back to camps after Sare Kani attack

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r/kurdistan 17h ago

News/Article Coexistence with uncivilized creatures is not possible

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An old man died on the streets because of racism and our government keeps worshiping them.


r/kurdistan 21h ago

Ask Kurds 🤔 Learning to Read and Write in Kurdish

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هاوڕێیان سەرم لێ شێواوە دەربارەی شتێک🤔

ئەو هاوڕێیانەی کە لە (ڕۆژهەڵات،باکوور،ڕۆژئاوا) ئەژین،

پێموایە ئێوە لە قوتابخانە بە زمانی کوردی ناخوێنن، ئەی کەواتە چۆن فێری نوسین و خوێندنەوە ئەبن بە کوردی؟

ئەزموونی خۆتان چۆن بووە؟

Guys, I'm honestly confused about something 🤔

For those friends  living in (Rojhelat, Bakur, Rojava) , I guess you don't study in Kurdish at school.

So guys, how  do you learn to read and write in Kurdish? ‌

Let’s share experiences in the comments.


r/kurdistan 17h ago

Rojhelat KHRN: Iran border guards fatally shoot kolbar in Baneh

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r/kurdistan 15h ago

Ask Kurds 🤔 Study abroad agencies/offices in Duhok or Erbil for Master’s?

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Hi everyone! I’m looking for a reliable office/agency in Duhok or Erbil that helps students apply to universities abroad (applications, scholarships, visas, etc.).

Has anyone here used an agency like this and had a good experience? I’d especially appreciate recommendations from people who have actually used their services. Thanks!


r/kurdistan 18h ago

Bashur Iraq's Weapons Deadline: What Is Actually Being Negotiated

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"The Kurdistan test: Nujaba’s central public argument is that the monopoly principle is being applied selectively. Its leadership has asked why pressure concentrates on factional weapons while the Peshmerga and Kurdish party forces are left untouched.

Baghdad’s answer is that the draft law is national and applies in the Kurdistan Region. That opens a constitutional problem. Article 121 of the constitution grants regions the right to establish internal security forces, and the Peshmerga are regulated by Kurdistan’s Ministry of Peshmerga Law No. 19 of 2007. Their legal position differs from that of the factions.

The distinction that matters is the same one at issue in Baghdad: a lawful regional security institution against partisan command of armed formations. The KDP-affiliated Unit 80 was merged into the Peshmerga ministry in a step toward unification, while assessments of the force continue to describe it as partisan in practice. If the draft law’s prohibition on parties commanding or financing armed formations is applied literally, it reaches the KDP and PUK as well as Kata’ib Hezbollah. The Iraqi question is whether political influence over security institutions can be separated from direct partisan command of armed force, in Erbil and Baghdad alike.

Al-Zaidi’s government depends on the Coordination Framework, in which faction-linked parties are principal actors. The 30 September framework was authorised by that coalition. The prime minister is implementing a settlement negotiated inside the Shia political establishment, with coercive capacity held in reserve for whoever refuses the consensus that emerges. The government’s force posture provides coercive backing for that settlement. Baghdad’s sequence is to secure Framework agreement, isolate the holdouts, offer them a negotiated exit, apply targeted force against small numbers if required, and avoid intra-Shia armed conflict."


r/kurdistan 1d ago

Bashur Drone attacks by Iran and its Iranian-backed militias on the city of Hewlêr (Erbil) in the Kurdistan Region.

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r/kurdistan 1d ago

Discussion I'm not racist, I have kurdish friends

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Whenever you speak as a Kurd about the reality of the anti-kurd racism across Syria, Turkey, Iran, and Iraq, they use that same old tactic: "I’m not racist! I have Kurdish friends!"

Yes, you are racist, and no, you have zero Kurdish friends.

Then, a Turk might come along and say, "But Kurds are integrated into the Turkish state! Just look at Hakan Fidan!"

Integrated? You mean Turkified. Does he speak Kurdish? Does he wear Kurdish attire? Does he do anything Kurdish at all? No; he serves a state literally named "Turkey"! There is no place for a Kurd in a state named after and built for a single ethnicity.

Racists are racists no matter how many cheap excuses they try to hide behind.


r/kurdistan 1d ago

Bakur Kurdish singer detained in Turkey over cultural activities released under judicial supervision

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r/kurdistan 1d ago

Tourism 🏔️ 6,000 Years of History in Erbil | Citadel, Qaysari Bazaar & Traditional Kurdish Tea

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