Published by The Los Angeles Times, 28 September 2015 Muhammet Aydemir’s loved ones last saw him alive one night in mid-August. The 15-year-old came bursting through the door of the family home, carrying pastries from the bakery where he swept floors and carted...
Published by Ekurd Daily, September 29, 2015 BRUSSELS,— Kurds staged a four-day music, dance and artistic extravaganza in Brussels to raise funds for the recaptured city of Kobani and celebrate Kurdish morale. People at one stand at the Kurdish Culture Week festival,...
Published by Al-Monitor on September 24, 2015 Turkey may be seriously at odds with Russia over Syria and silently fuming because of Moscow’s decision to increase its military assistance to the Syrian regime, but Ankara is treading cautiously to avoid tensions that...
Turkey is collectively losing its mind and may be facing its most dangerous period in decades. Published by War on the rocks on September 23, 2015 Once heralded as a beacon of stability and democratic promise in a region where both have been short in supply, Turkey is...
Published by Ekurd Daily on Posted on September 22, 2015 WASHINGTON,— The United States does not consider the Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG), the armed wing of the Syrian Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syrian Kurdistan, a terrorist organization, U.S. State...
Published by The Conversation, September 16, 2015 The speed with which Turkey has became engulfed in violence since the Suruç massacre on July 20 2015 is causing mass anxiety. While public discussion has largely focused on questions of whose fault it is and why the...