The Kurdistan Islamic Union, colloquially referred to as Yegirtu, is a reformative Islamist party operating in Kurdistan region of Iraq. The group was founded …
Washington Kurdish Institute
Washington Kurdish Institute
The Washington Kurdish Institute (WKI) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, research and educational organization that was established in September 1996 WKI is committed to increasing public awareness of Kurd-related issues, protecting human, cultural, and political rights throughout Kurdistan, and supporting and developing Kurdistan’s civil society.
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The KDSP is a comparatively small political group that has been active in Iraqi Kurdistan since 2002. It is regarded as the Iraqi offshoot …
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The Movement for Change is the newest major Kurdish political party in Kurdistan region of Iraq. Founded in 2009 by dissident members of the …
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The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan is one of the largest political parties in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The party is one of the two …
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The Kurdistan Free Life Party is a far-left militant group. The faction was founded in 2004 by members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) …
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The Society of Revolutionary Toilers of Iranian Kurdistan is a left-wing Iranian political party and militant group established in 1969 by Kurdish university students. …
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The Kurdish Democratic Party was founded in 1946 by Mustafa Barzani in the short-lived Kurdish Mahabad Republic in Iran. Despite its emergence in Iran, …
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The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDK) is a center-left Kurdish political party, founded in the Kurdish region of Iran upon Qazi Muhammad’s declaration …
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Sheikh Said of Piran was a Kurdish Sunni religious leader and freedom fighter originally from a village in Bismil town of Amed (Diyarbakir). Sheikh …
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Sheikh Mahmud Barzanji was born in 1878 in Sulayimaniyah, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. During the British occupation of Iraq following the First World War, …