Since the beginning of March, there have been waves of attacks of ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) in the Kobanê Canton. On July 2nd, ISIS launched a new major attack in Kobanê Canton and widespread clashes are continuing. ISIS is attacking and brutally...
The approaching centenary of the genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman empire is a moment for Turkey’s civil society to create a new ethical reality around the issue he centenary of the Armenian genocide in 1915 is fast approaching. Much attention will shift...
A packed meeting took place on the evening of 20th June at SOAS University to mark the UK launch of an important new report by Adem Uzun titled, Living Freedom: The Evolution of the Kurdish Conflict in Turkey and the Efforts to Resolve it. The report published by...
In July 2013, I penned a piece about the trial of the Kurdish TV-station Roj TV at the Supreme Court in Denmark and its alleged links to PKK. I wrote about the dubious grounds that the final verdict was based upon and how I found it to be marred by a political agenda;...
The mind-boggling gains of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in Iraq have caused tremors in the region. Among questions most heard nowadays is whether the Middle East map will be redrawn and where Turkey will be in that. Another question often voiced is the...
Middle East Diplomatic, Brussels 13 June 2014 – Iraq, which was created artificially after First World War according the secret Sykes–Picot game, shaped and “united” with force under the despot Saddam Hussein by using ethnical and religious cleansing and...
