Kurdish culture faces renewed repression amid growing crackdown in Turkey

Share postIn an interview with journalist Gülcan Dereli, the co-chair of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Tuncer Bakırhan highlighted the way the state has been intensifying efforts to suppress Kurdish language, cultural practices and community gatherings, evoking memories of past decades when such efforts were also widespread. Cultural repression as a … Continue reading Kurdish culture faces renewed repression amid growing crackdown in Turkey