“Secondly, other articles of this draft bill are a serious threat to democratic principles, and will increase violations both of the security of the individual and of personal freedom. We do not agree with the portrayal of this draft bill as a contribution to...
The HDP Co-President Ertuğrul Kürkçü organised a press conference at the HDP provincial office. Kürkçü said that ministers implicated in the corruption operations should be suspended from duty until they have been cleared, adding:...
In the beginning of the 1990s, when intense battles were taking place between PKK and the Turkish Security Forces, the Law on the Fight Against Terrorism (Terörle Mücadele Kanunu, TMK) was passed by the parliament on April 12th 1991 in order to secure the...
How do you perceive recent contacts between Turkish and Iraqi Kurdish leaders? Any kind of improvement [in relations] between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and neighboring countries is positive. Instead of being seen as players that can be used tactically in...
Jonathan: Yes, I think it is. The Kurdish issue is the problem of a large, culturally and linguistically distinctive people of around 40 million who for various reasons have not yet achieved self-determination, and who as a result find themselves divided between a...
Mr. Barzani stayed home because the Obama administration and Congress have failed to fix an enduring irritant in the U.S.-Kurdish relationship: the presence of the region’s two leading political parties on a U.S. list of sanctioned organizations. Both Mr....
