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Civic participation

Civic participation explains how local and national public life works where Kurds live. It covers voting rules, councils, associations and consultations.

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  1. Francis Patrick O’Connor (2024). Radical Political Participation and the Internal Kurdish Diaspora in Turkey. Kurdish Studies Archive. DOI 10.1163/9789004706590_004
  2. Sabah Mofidi (2024). The Experience of Suspension among Political Identities; Kurdish Nationality and Aspiration for Kurdistani Citizenship among Kurdish Immigrants in Western Europe. Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism. DOI 10.1111/sena.12435
  3. Francesco Ventura (2023). Diaspora as socio‐material assemblage: Political agency in the Kurdish freedom movement’s representations of homeland. Global Networks. DOI 10.1111/glob.12460
  4. Joanna Bocheńska (2025). Reading Kurdish Heritage Anew: Women’s Representation, Intimate Citizenship, and Moral Empowerment. Enacting Citizenship. DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-83537-7_6
  5. Orhan Kaya (2025). The intergenerational transmission of collective action within the Kurdish diaspora in Switzerland: An analysis of socio-political dynamics. Current Psychology. DOI 10.1007/s12144-025-07724-z

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01What it offers

  • 01

    Country guides

    Courses for Germany, Sweden, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United States and Canada.

  • 02

    Associations

    How to set up and run a community association lawfully.

  • 03

    Consultations

    How to respond to public consultations.

  • 04

    Who can vote

    Plain guides to eligibility, sourced to the official rules.

02Who it is for

  • Citizens and residents abroad
  • Newcomers
  • Community associations
  • Young first-time voters

03How it works

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Act
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04What it always keeps

  • No party or candidate is endorsed
  • No voting advice is given
  • Guides link to official sources and state their date
  • Every lawful view is welcome

05Courses

06More in Civic

  • In preparation

    Rights literacy

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

  • In preparation

    Media literacy

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

  • In preparation

    Dialogue

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

  • In preparation

    Newcomer guides

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

  • In preparation

    Statelessness and documents

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

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APA

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

Chicago

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

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

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  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. The Experience of Suspension among Political Identities; Kurdish Nationality and Aspiration for Kurdistani Citizenship among Kurdish Immigrants in Western Europe

    Sabah Mofidi · 2024 · Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism

    ArticleCrossrefCC-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. Reading Kurdish Heritage Anew: Women’s Representation, Intimate Citizenship, and Moral Empowerment

    Joanna Bocheńska · 2025 · Enacting Citizenship

    ChapterCrossrefCC-BY-4.0

  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. Citizenship from Below: The Impact of Kurdish Women’s Small-Scale Activism

    Wendelmoet Hamelink · 2025 · Enacting Citizenship

    ChapterCrossrefCC-BY-4.0

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

    2023 · Wiley

    ArticleCrossref

  8. The Hierarchical Re-formation of Kurdish Women’s Citizenship: Encounters in a Neighborhood in Istanbul

    Besime Şen · 2025 · Enacting Citizenship

    ChapterCrossrefCC-BY-4.0

  9. (In)visible spaces and tactics of transnational engagement: A multi-dimensional approach to the Kurdish diaspora

    Bahar Başer, Ann-Catrin Emanuelsson, Mari Toivanen · 2015 · Kurdish Studies

    ArticleOpenAIRECrossrefOpen access

  10. Reluctant Victims into Challengers – Narratives of a Kurdish Political Generation in Diaspora in Sweden

    Charlotta Zettervall · 2013 · Lund University Publications (Lund University)

    ThesisOpenAlexOpen accessother-oa

  11. Enacting Citizenship: Kurdish Women’s Resilience, Activism, and Creativity

    Wendelmoet Hamelink, Joanna Bocheńska, Dobrosława Wiktor-Mach et al. · 2025 · Springer eBooks

    ChapterOpenAlexOpen accessCC-BY

  12. Kurdish migrant mothers in London enacting citizenship

    Umut Erel · 2013 · Citizenship Studies

    ArticleCrossref

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