Published by Al-Monitor, July 13, 2015 Released pending trial, Murat returned to his tumbledown home district of Haci Bayram, in Ankara, to find police staking out the men who had helped funnel recruits like himself into Syria. “It was never like this before,” said...
Published by Al-Monitor, July 13, 2015 Is the Islamic State (IS) a terrorist organization? The Turkish people are left wondering because of the gaps between public perception and the legal system in Turkey. In June 2014, 70.7% of Turks labeled IS as a terrorist...
Published by Ekurd Daily, July 13, 2015 SANTA CRUZ,— Representatives of the Kurdish Communities Union (Koma Civakên Kurdistan, KCK) and the Kurdish Women’s Movement joined the Second World Meeting of Popular Movements as guests of honour. The second World Meeting of...
Iran: Whereabouts of juvenile offender on death row emerge five months after scheduled execution Published by Amnesty International, July 13, 2015 An Iranian juvenile offender whose fate and whereabouts had been unknown since he was due to be executed in February was...
Published by Ekurd Daily, July 9, 2015 BEIRUT,— Kurdish forces in Syrian Kurdistan have retaken the town of Ain Issa located near the Islamic State’s de facto Syrian capital, Raqqa, from the IS militants, the Kurds and a monitor group said. Kurdish forces had seized...
