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A court in Turkey’s eastern city of Erzurum ordered Rusen Firat, a citizen of Kurdish descent, to share Turkish flags on her social media accounts on a daily basis for a month.
December 17 was chosen as Kurdistan Flag Day in 2004 by the Kurdistan Region’s parliament and has been celebrated throughout the Region annually since.
The Kurdish flag was raised outside of Binghamton City Hall to honor the most important time in Kurdish culture. Kraham expressed the importance of recognizing the diversity in the area.
In Erbil, a Kurdish friend and I went to take photos celebrating the Israeli and Kurdish flags. Photo credit: the author. Three particularly memorable experiences stand out.
THREE Kurdish men were found today to have known that flags they were carrying were those of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Ismael Akdogan, 43, Rotinda Demir, 21, and Rahman Pwr, 23, all admitted ...
The leader’s decision to go ahead with the vote despite regional and U.S. opposition “was a miscalculation,” a veteran Kurdish politician says.
Protesters holding Kurdish flags briefly entered the Iraqi Embassy in London and brought out an Iraqi flag and threw it on the ground on October 16.In this video, people holding Kurdish flags obstruct ...
Kirkuk has been under the control of Kurdish Peshmerga forces since 2014, when the hold of Iraqi authorities on the region collapsed as Islamic State advanced across the region.
Iraqi forces removed on Monday the Kurdish flag that was hoisted on the governorate building in April next to an Iraqi flag, said residents, adding that only the Iraqi flag was flying.
Iraqi government forces captured the Kurdish-held city of Kirkuk on Monday, responding to a Kurdish vote on independence with a bold lightning strike that transforms the balance of power in the ...
Iraqi forces removed on Monday the Kurdish flag that was hoisted on the governorate building in April next to an Iraqi flag, said residents, adding that only the Iraqi flag was flying. A U.S.-trained ...
BAGHDAD Iraqi forces removed on Monday the Kurdish flag that was hoisted on the governorate building in April next to an Iraqi flag, said residents, adding that only the Iraqi flag was flying. A ...