Published by Deutsche Welle 13 April 2016 Many Turks would still like to see their country join the EU, but European intransigence and resurgent nationalism in Turkey have pushed accession talks to near irrelevance. Tom Stevenson reports from Istanbul. It’s been...
PRELIMINARY REPORT BY JURISTS BASED ON VISIT TO CİZRE This study has been prepared as a report to present an updated and general perspective for the public on the human rights violations that occurred in Cizre, Turkey beginning on December 14, 2015. Reporting and...
Published by New York Times 13 April 2016 by Selahattin Demirtas DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — When Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, recently paid a visit to Washington, he gave Americans a taste of the kinds of policies he employs at home. His guards reportedly...
The architect goes public with the controversial project for the first time. Published by Bloomberg 11 April 2016 By Elizabeth Greenspan Seven years ago an intermediary for the prime minister of Iraqi Kurdistan, Nechirvan Barzani, asked the architect Daniel Libeskind...
Travelling in Rojava is to witness the ways in which the different commitments to the revolution present a conundrum. How can one system satisfy the vast differences in human aspirations? Published by Open Democracy 11 April 2016 Its 3.30pm and Daham Basha, the border...
Public Statement Al Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood, which is predominantly populated by Kurdish residents in Aleppo city, is witnessing an indiscriminate and barbaric attacks on innocent civilians. Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds of children, women...