Öznur’s song “Hevalê Reş” for George Floyd, a Black man killed by a police officer who knelt on his neck in the US, has been translated into Turkish, English and German. A song in Kurdish has been ...

Kurdish artist Rojda received a one year and eight month prison sentence under charges of "propaganda for an illegal organization". The verdict is based on the song "Heval Kamurano" Rojda performed on ...

Kurdish artist Abdulrahman Ahmed describes Kurdish art as "the living memory of a people" that preserves identity through songs born from suffering. During his first visit to the Kurdistan Region, the ...

(BIANET/IFEX) – According to broadcasting editor Mehmet Arslan of Radio Dunya, a case brought against the station for playing the Kurdish folk song “Mihemedo” in 2007 has ended in acquittal. However, ...

(BIANET/IFEX) – Radio Dünya, based in the province of Adana, has been acquitted for a second time on charges of “incitement to hatred and hostility” after the airing of a Kurdish song had landed it in ...

Adele has been accused of plagiarism by Turkish music lovers, who say one of the tracks on her latest album is a rip-off of a song by an iconic Kurdish musician. British pop star’s Turkish critics say ...