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Civic learning for Kurds in the homeland, the region and the diaspora: rights, lawful participation, media literacy and dialogue between communities.

01Principles

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization is a federation of a Global level, Regional Chapters and Diaspora Chapters, and Community Cells chartered by Chapters in cities, campuses and professional networks. It is strictly non-partisan and non-violent, and claims no public authority.

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization
  • Civic education only: the network supports no party, candidate, movement or armed group
  • Contested questions show each side, with its sources
  • Dialogue follows published rules and has a moderator
  • Newcomer guides point to qualified help; they are not legal advice

At a glance

Programmes by status
  • In preparation
  1. Civic6

Sources KCO content, counted at each build.

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Next in the calendar

  1. NewrozMarch 21
  2. Kurdish Journalism DayApril 22
  3. Kurdish Language DayMay 15
  4. Kurdistan Flag DayDecember 17
  5. Republic of MahabadJanuary 22
  6. End of the Kobanî siegeJanuary 26
  7. Halabja remembranceMarch 16
  8. Anfal remembranceApril 14
  9. Yazidi genocide remembranceAugust 3
  10. Dersim remembrance1937 to 1938 (communities mark different dates)
  11. Çarşema Sor (Red Wednesday)first Wednesday of April in the Julian-based Yazidi calendar
  12. Cejna ÊzîdDecember (variable)
  13. Eid al-Fitr (Cejna Remezanê)1 Shawwal
  14. Eid al-Adha (Cejna Qurbanê)10 Dhu al-Hijjah

02Newcomer guides by country

Information and referrals, never legal advice.

03Campaigns

Public-interest campaigns: non-partisan, lawful and without fundraising.

  • Public-interest campaign

    Count us in

    Explain how each census and survey asks about birthplace, ancestry, ethnicity and language, so people can answer freely.

    Proposed 0 of 3 milestones

  • Public-interest campaign

    Teach the mother tongue

    More trained teachers and shared materials for weekend and community schools in Kurmanji, Sorani, Zazaki, Southern Kurdish and Gorani.

    Proposed 1 of 3 milestones

  • Public-interest campaign

    Safe by default

    Members and their families keep their accounts safe and can recognise phishing and impersonation.

    Proposed 1 of 3 milestones

How campaigns work

04Courses

05Programmes

Civic learning for life where Kurds live, and for public life everywhere. It teaches and never campaigns: no party, candidate or armed actor is endorsed.

  • 01

    Rights literacy

    Plain-language learning on human rights systems and the rule of law.

    In preparation

  • 02

    Civic participation

    Taking part in public life where you live, country by country.

    In preparation

  • 03

    Media literacy

    Skills to judge sources, spot manipulation and stay safe online.

    In preparation

  • 04

    Dialogue

    Moderated dialogue across divides, including between Kurdish communities, dialects and faiths.

    In preparation

  • 05

    Newcomer guides

    Plain guides to asylum, residence and public services in host countries, with referrals.

    In preparation

  • 06

    Statelessness and documents

    Information on civil documents and statelessness for Kurds who lack papers.

    In preparation

06What this platform does

Civic learning for Kurds in the homeland, the region and the diaspora. Rights, documents, lawful participation and the official bodies that answer to the public.

  • Statelessness and documents

    Where to turn when papers are missing, refused or out of date.

    How to use it

    1. Read the statelessness programme.
    2. Open the government portal and legal help for your country.
    3. Keep copies of every document you hold.

  • Rights literacy

    The national human rights body and the ombudsman, country by country.

    How to use it

    1. Choose a country in the directory.
    2. Open its human rights and ombudsman entries.
    3. Follow that body’s own complaint procedure.

  • Lawful participation

    Parliaments, consultations and petitions, through official channels only.

    How to use it

    1. Open the parliament and consultation entries.
    2. Check the rules on who may take part.
    3. Submit only on the official site.

  • Dialogue

    Moderated conversations between communities, under published rules.

    How to use it

    1. Read the dialogue rules.
    2. Register interest in a session.
    3. A moderator confirms the format.

  • Public-interest campaigns

    A campaign starts only when the General Assembly adds it to the Work Program.

    How to use it

    1. Read the rules every campaign keeps.
    2. Register interest.
    3. Propose a campaign with its evidence.

07Find your country

The public bodies Kurds deal with in each country: government portals, parliaments, election bodies, ombudsmen and human rights institutions.

The directory

Every country

08Where to start

The steps most people need, in order. Each country page fills them with that country’s official bodies.

  1. Start with the state portal

    Each government runs a portal for its public services.

    Government portal

  2. Secure your documents

    Status, residence and citizenship come only from official bodies.

    Civil registration and documents · Arrival and status · Citizenship

    Learn Migration, refugee and nationality law

  3. Get legal help

    Free or low-cost legal help exists in many countries.

    Legal help and discrimination · Asylum and refugee protection

  4. Know your rights

    National human rights institutions receive complaints of discrimination.

    Human rights and equality

    Learn International human rights law, Civic education

  5. Complain about a public body

    An ombudsman examines how public bodies treated you.

    Ombudsman

  6. Follow parliament and elections

    Parliaments and election bodies publish their rules and calendars.

    Parliament · Elections

    Learn Comparative politics

  7. Comment on new laws

    Consultations and petitions are open to the public where they exist.

    Consultations and petitions

    Learn Deliberation and dialogue

09Official updates

From official sources only, never commentary. Each source shows items once it clears licence review.

Open consultations

Forming No official source is registered for this place yet.

Government announcements

Awaiting licence review The latest official items appear here once the source’s licence is approved.

Source: United Nations (UN News)

10Take part

  • 01

    Study

    Follow the civic disciplines of the Academy.

  • 02

    Share a guide

    Share an official guide on rights or documents. A steward checks it first.

  • 03

    Fix an entry

    Report a broken link or a missing public body.

  • 04

    Form a Community Cell

    Cells are chartered by Chapters in cities, campuses and professional networks.

How to take part · Sources and method

Cite this page
APA

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Civic. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/civic/

Chicago

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Civic.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/civic/.

BibTeX
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	author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Civic},
	url = {https://kurds.global/civic/},
	howpublished = {https://kurds.global/civic/},
}

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11Learn in the Academy

Courses and disciplines of the Academy on the subject of this page.

Courses

Disciplines

A completion record shows what was studied and assessed. It is not a certificate or a qualification.

All disciplines

12Research and sources

Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.

  1. Radical Political Participation and the Internal Kurdish Diaspora in Turkey

    Francis Patrick O’Connor · 2024 · Kurdish Studies Archive

    ChapterCrossrefOpenAIREOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  2. (In)visible Spaces and Tactics of Transnational Engagement: a Multi-Dimensional Approach to the Kurdish Diaspora

    Bahar Başer, Ann-Catrin Emanuelsson, Mari Toivanen · 2024 · Kurdish Studies Archive

    ChapterCrossrefOpenAIREOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  3. Diaspora as socio‐material assemblage: Political agency in the Kurdish freedom movement’s representations of homeland

    Francesco Ventura · 2023 · Global Networks

    ArticleCrossref

  4. Civic Engagement: Humanistic Approach to Kurdish Question

    Murat Belge · 2011 · PsycEXTRA Dataset

    DatasetCrossref

  5. The intergenerational transmission of collective action within the Kurdish diaspora in Switzerland: An analysis of socio-political dynamics

    Orhan Kaya · 2025 · Current Psychology

    ArticleOpenAIREOpen access

  6. Review for "Diaspora as socio‐material assemblage: Political agency in the Kurdish freedom movement’s representations of homeland"

    2023 · Wiley

    ArticleCrossref

  7. Stateless nations political presence in digital era: A comparison of Palestine, Kurdish and Uyghur Muslim

    Qaisra Batool, Dr. Tanveer Hussain · 2025 · Social Sciences Spectrum

    ArticleOpenAlexOpen accessCC-BY-NC

  8. Diasporic self-organisation through music: heritage, identity and political aspirations among Kurds in Berlin and Kurdistan’s Jews in Jerusalem

    2026 · Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

    ArticleTaylor & Francis

  9. The Ideological Transformation of the PKK regarding the Political Economy of the Kurdish Region in Turkey

    Güllistan Yarkın · 2015 · Kurdish Studies

    ArticleCrossref

  10. Battling withMemleketin London: The Kurdish Diaspora’s Engagement with Turkey

    Ipek Demir · 2012 · Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

    ArticleCrossref

Sources, licences and fetch dates: Crossref (Metadata facts, any use; abstracts may be publisher-owned and are never shown), 2026-10-23; Taylor & Francis (Publisher feed; headline and link only), 2026-10-23; OpenAIRE (CC BY 4.0 (OpenAIRE Graph)), 2026-10-23; OpenAlex (CC0-1.0 data; metered API (free key)), 2026-10-23.

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