23.04.2025

A Kurdish village in Ankara: Mikaîla’s 300-year-old story

The Kurdish presence in Turkey is not limited to Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia. There are also Kurdish tribes that have lived in the Polatlı and Haymana districts of Ankara for centuries. One of these tribes is the Mikaîlî (Mikaîla) Tribe, whose roots go back a long way.
23.04.2025

Son Son Cemal Son: A lament rising from a mother’s heart

Oral culture among Kurds has been the carrier of emotions, pain, joy and social memory throughout history. Experienced events, loves, losses have generally been expressed through songs, laments and epics; these works have been passed down from generation to generation through memory, sound and word.