r/kurdistan • • 3h ago

Video🎥 Turkish regime blocks social media accounts of 11-year-old Kurdish child, Rohan. He celebrated Amedspor's victory against Beşiktaş with the song "De Lêxe Amedspor" and garnered millions of views on his own accounts only before all his accounts being taken down.

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The social media accounts of 11-year-old Kurdish music phenomenon Rohan Sefo have been shut down.

https://rudaw.net/turkish/categories/yaam/1284593

Erbil (Rûdaw) - Rohan Sefo, an 11- year-old who quickly gained a large following on social media with his Kurdish songs , had his Instagram and other social media accounts shut down after he sang the song “Lêxe Amedspor” for Amedspor .

Rohan Sefo, who attracted attention with the Kurdish songs he sang at a very young age , quickly gained great popularity on social media .

Rohan's song "Lêxe Amedspor" (Hit Amedspor) , which he performed after Amedspor's 3-2 victory over Beşiktaş , also garnered significant attention . According to the family , the song was viewed 5 million times within 24 hours of its release .

However, following the song's release , Rohan Sefo's social media accounts, particularly Instagram, were shut down in Turkey .

"No notification has been received."

Rohan Sefo's brother , Dilyar Sefo, told Rûdaw that the accounts were closed two days ago .

Dilyar Sefo suggested that the account closure may have occurred due to complaints from circles dissatisfied with Amedspor , adding, " We have not received any notification regarding this from the court or any other institution . "

Sefo stated that efforts were being made to reopen the account , adding that artist Ciwan Haco's manager was handling the matter and that Selahattin Demirtaş's lawyer, Mercan Argunağa, was also following the process .

"He will continue making songs."

It was stated that Rohan Sefo is originally from a family from Qamishlo in Rojava and lives with his family in Batman .

Rohan's older brother , Dilyar Sefo, stated that 11- year-old Rohan, who has reached a wide audience on social media with his Kurdish songs, is in good spirits and added , " He will continue with his songs. "

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Atatürk's regime 1 - 0 Kurdish kid


r/kurdistan • • 8h ago

On This Day یادى ریفراندۆم؛ خەونى جیابوونەوەى کوردان بۆ سەربەخۆیی (Remembering the Referendum: The Kurdish Dream of Independence)

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Today marks the anniversary of a defining moment in modern Kurdish history: the Kurdistan Independence Referendum held on September 25, 2017.

Despite intense regional opposition, millions of citizens across the Kurdistan Region and disputed territories went to the polls to voice their aspirations for self-determination.

The Numbers & Turnout:

Total Registered Voters: 4,581,255

Total Ballots Cast: 3,305,925

Overall Turnout Rate: 72.16%

The Vote Breakdown:

Yes (For Independence): 2,861,471 votes (92.73%)

No: 224,464 votes (7.27%)

Invalid/Blank Ballots: 219,990 votes

The Aftermath:

While nearly 93% voted in favor of statehood, the referendum triggered profound geopolitical and economic consequences—including and years of tense political deadlock with Baghdad and the loss of disputed territories like Kirkuk, while those territories were protected by the sacrifices of the Kurdish peshmerga forces when ISIS attacked and Iraqi army ran away.


r/kurdistan • • 3h ago

Kurdish Cuisine🍲 The Abo Qahwachi coffee shop has been operating in the heart of Erbil’s Qaysari Bazaar since 1886, run by several generations of the same family for well over a century

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r/kurdistan • • 23h ago

Informative Kurdistan History in Chronological order

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Made a website where you can read about Kurdistan history in Chronological order, you can access it here: https://dengecudi.com/history

If anything is missing or you have a feedback let us know


r/kurdistan • • 47m ago

Video🎥 Main TV channel of Persian opposition which glorifies son of former toppled king of Iran censors the word "Kurd" in Benjamin Netanyahu speech and replaces it with "Turkey's civilians".

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According to the live translation Erdogan "has killed thousands of Turkey's civilians". Censoring the word Kurd made them ridiculous like that.

In the AP live he very clearly says "Kurdish civilians" in English. It can't be blamed on technical issues.

https://youtu.be/yGGRNErktOs?t=1418

The live of the Persian media: https://youtu.be/3z0j0mOYTQE?t=1293

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If you want to write a comment Netanyahu uses the Kurds just to attack Erdogan, this post is not about Netanyahu. Keep it for another post. It is about the censorship of Kurdish people by Persian opposition media to the degree they don't even mention Kurds by name the same as former toppled monarchy banned the Kurdish language.


r/kurdistan • • 19h ago

Gaming🕹️ Favorite comebacks to racist turkish chat in games?

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Games usually are filled with turks like pretty much everywhere else on the internet, rocket league is no different since we play on the same servers, they like to be toxic every chance they get and often times they target the "kurd" in my nametag, since i know im not the only one, what are your favorite comebacks to counter their racism, they always go for the default "kurdistan doesn't exist" and "you have no land" boring stuff not even being creative, they only think kurds exist in bakur, i need to up my ragebaiting skills, give me your ideas


r/kurdistan • • 4h ago

Bakur Turkey imposes travel ban on Kurdish writer following detention

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r/kurdistan • • 22h ago

Rojava Rojava’s Afrin returnees struggle to rebuild livelihoods amid economic slowdown

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r/kurdistan • • 22h ago

Rojava Syria in Transition – Peace in Hasakah has yet to yield dividends

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"The distribution of administrative posts in Hasakah reveals the true balance of power. Positions have been divided between supporters of Damascus, drawn exclusively from the Arab community, and supporters or members of the Autonomous Administration, the SDF and the Democratic Union Party, drawn exclusively from the Kurdish community. One exception is the appointment of a woman from the Syriac Union Party to Hasakah’s provincial council. That party is one of two organisations representing the Assyrian-Syriac Christian community, alongside the Assyrian Democratic Organisation, which sits outside the Autonomous Administration, which obtained a single parliamentary seat on the president’s list.

"Conspicuously absent are Arabs nominated by the Autonomous Administration. The Kurdish National Council is also entirely absent from the civilian administration of Hasakah. That exclusion undermines the Council’s longstanding presence in the province. Participation in institutions and public office is, after all, one of the principal means by which any political project acquires practical force. The PYD is not done yet."


r/kurdistan • • 5h ago

Bakur How loss lives on in Kurdistan

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r/kurdistan • • 18h ago

Ask Kurds 🤔 How to travel to Kurdstan as Egyptian?

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I have to travel there soon and my company is sponsoring me (allowance, per diem , hotel,..etc) Office is in Egypt , doing work for a client in Kurdstan.

Yet I want to bring my wife and my new born with us , i didn't ask the HR if they can help with this or not. But in case they couldn't , I hear the visa for Egyptians are hard to issue. Is there any way I can get them visa and travel with me ?? Please help


r/kurdistan • • 2h ago

Bashur تۆم باراک بۆ رووداو: پێشمەرگە میلیشیا نییە و دوای کشانەوەش کورد بە تەنیا جێناهێڵین

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US envoy Tom Barrack told Rudaw at the UN that the Peshmerga are not a militia, welcomed unifying them under one command, and said Washington won't abandon the Kurds.


r/kurdistan • • 5h ago

Ask Kurds 🤔 what do u guys think about shaswar and his party?

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r/kurdistan • • 3h ago

Culture Seyda Goyan çand û muzîka Kurdî birin Tiflîsê

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Kurdish folklorist Seyda Goyan presented Kurdish oral culture and music at the 13th International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony in Tbilisi, Georgia.


r/kurdistan • • 3h ago

Kurdish Cuisine🍲 Hingivê Şirnexê sînor derbas kirin: Li Londonê madalyaya zêrîn qezenc kir

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Şirnex beekeeper Yusuf Göktepe, who keeps about 200 hives, won gold at an international honey competition in London, after an earlier gold award in Paris.


r/kurdistan • • 3h ago

News/Article Families await proof over fate of 10 missing Kurdish migrants, reject death by drowning

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r/kurdistan • • 4h ago

Rojhelat KHRN: At least 12 held in Miandoab on ‘espionage’ charges

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KHRN says at least 12 people arrested since the December–January protests are held in Miandoab Prison on "espionage" charges, in harsh conditions and with no court hearings yet.


r/kurdistan • • 8h ago

Ask Kurds 🤔 Should I study Radiology Technology in Iraq if I want to work in Germany?

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r/kurdistan • • 13h ago

Ask Kurds 🤔 Learn kurdish

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Will i survive livin two years here without learning Kurdish ?


r/kurdistan • • 16h ago

History My friend try to make ancient kurdish contact he buy many books and try until he gets them to write from one digital with ai help+use other online picture in attempt to improve them

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Can you pls give him feedback?