The numerous opportunities for peace between Turkey and the Kurds offered, for example, by the latest Kurdish ceasefire and the constructive proposals for a just settlement repeatedly made by Kurdish leaders remain unreciprocated.At the heart of the problem is the...
Not only Kurds, but also Turkish democrats and socialists were targeted by the state. Thousands of undetermined killings and unacceptable tortures in the jails created a resistance against the state which produces of the 12 September Military Coup. PKK was one...
"If individual is the intersection of history and society, his correct expression and defense of the individual will be the independent rise of history and the society" I-INTRODUCTION In the indictment issued by the Chief Public Prosecutor‟s Office of...
In August 1941, a general uprising wrests control of the Kurdish region from the central Iranian government. In the town of Mahabad, inhabited mostly by Kurds, a committee of middle-class people supported by tribal chiefs takes over the local administration. A...
"In the dark of a mountain pass / The time of morning prayer / I lie on the ground / My body stretched out / Blood strewn … / I had been shot / My dreams have now become / darker than night / No-one knows any of this for sure / My life was taken before time...
According to the US embassy the Kurdish leaders are smart leaders. “Kurdish leaders such as Talabani and Barzani will likely exploit their political strength among Shia/Sunni counterparts to protect and expand Kurdish influence in a future government,” the...