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Turkey’s Idlib adventure; will it end in tears?

Bill Park

03/12/2018

As this piece was being penned, Turkey, Iran and Russia were winding up their eleventh high level meeting on Syria in Astana, Kazakhstan. They reiterated their commitment to a ceasefire in Idlib and to i... Read More...

[OPINION]Despite Setbacks, Kurds Continue Celebrating Newroz

Philip Bernard Kowalski

30/03/2018

Newroz, the Kurdish variant of the spring festival commonly known as Nowruz and associated with Iran, is a quintessential example of a subversive holiday. As a festival that celebrates Kurdish identity, Newroz... Read More...

[OPINION] Diyarbakır’s Tragedy Displays AKP’s Distaste for Multiculturalism -1

Philip Bernard Kowalski

12/03/2018

Diyarbakır is a city unlike any other in Turkey. With the second longest set of historic walls in the world that enclose its densely packed antique core, it rivals better known Middle Eastern cities ... Read More...

[OPINION] Turkey’s Kurds and their expendability in AKP politics

Anthony Derisiotis

28/02/2018

The AKP’s rise to power in 2002, brought along its commitment to address the longstanding Kurdish issue, by underlining the need for a different approach as compared to that of the kemalist administrati... Read More...

HRF: 268 Curfews Declared in Turkey

PPJ

06/11/2017

According to the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, at least 268 curfews were declared in at least 47 districts in 11 provinces; fundamental rights of at least 1,809,000 people were violated. The Human Right... Read More...

[OPINION] AKP Gov’t Ostracizes the Kurds and Pushes Them Towards Seperation

PPJ

14/10/2017

By MAHMUT AKPINAR Iraqi Kurdistan, which was a federal state of Iraq, held a referendum on independence. Some reactions came in the region primarily from the Iraqi Government, Iran and Turkey against t... Read More...

[OPINION] Disengagement of The Kurds

MEHMET EFE CAMAN

10/10/2017

By MEHMET EFE ÇAMAN (This article is originally published in Turkish by tr724.com on 5 October 2017 ) Nationalism had been one of the prominent reasons for the demise of the Ottoman Empire. It was b... Read More...

[OPINION] What would a Kurd feel?

PPJ

04/10/2017

By BULENT KENES (This article is originally published on tr724.com in Turkish) How would a Kurd feel? I do not know exactly myself either, because I am not Kurdish. But I am a human being an... Read More...

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