Signs written in the once-taboo Kurdish language decorate shop windows ... “Kurdish culture is a strong and mighty tree with deep roots,” he says. “Turks, Persians and Arabs have spent ...

Last year Amin started teaching Kurdish language and heritage ... identity that gets chopped off is a branch to the whole tree that gets chopped off. We don’t have an identity that belongs ...

Turkey's crackdown on President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival and silence on what reforms might follow the end of a 40-year conflict with Kurdish militants are stoking distrust among Kurds.