Published by Kurdistan Tribune on November 23, 2016 In light of Monday’s events in Turkey in which prominent Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (HDP) MP Ahmet Turk was arrested, I reflected on the time three years ago in July 2013 when I met this great man for 25...
Published by Al-Monitor on November 22, 2016 Ahmet Turk is a man with posture. He appears to be the embodiment of nobility and dignity. His noble personality comes with his feudal background; he is the scion of a Kurdish landlord and tribal chiefs in a vast land along...
23/11/2016 Urgent Call: Worsening Situation in Turkish Prisons Recently there have been several news and claims in the Turkish and international media that uprisings might be provoked in the prisons of Turkey to provide the government the excuse and opportunity to...
TURKEY: The country where democracy, human rights, freedom and the rule of law has come to an end and replaced with battlefields, destruction and dungeons. The Turkish Governments enmity of democracy and Kurds continues Balance-sheet for attacks on elected...
On Thursday, November 17th, 2016, thousands of people gathered in Brussels to raise awareness about the increasingly authoritarian policies in Turkey. The demonstrators consisted of Kurdish, Turkish, Armenian, Alevi and many other groups, but also of Belgian and...
Published by Al-Monitor on November 4, 2016 (after the arrests of the HDP-parliamentarians) An email I received around noon today from a young Turkish academic with impeccable credentials, whom I know very closely, ended with the following precautionary note: “*PLEASE...