Why I dedicated my book to the ‘susturulamayanlar’
Fréderike Geerdink This week, my new book is being published in the Netherlands. It’s called “Alle journalistiek is activisme” (All ...
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Kurds still need insurance
Fréderike Geerdink It’s a decade ago that I published a controversial column that drew a lot of attention: “A permanent ...
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How will Rojava repel a Turkish economic incursion?
Fréderike Geerdink SDF general commander Mazlum Abdi has welcomed the lifting of sanctions that US President Trump has announced. Of ...
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Journalism, power, and the dissolution of the PKK
Fréderike Geerdink Several media outlets have interviewed me about the decision of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to dissolve itself ...
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Dispatch from Kurdistan in Syria
With dust still rising from the roads of Aleppo and the echoes of resistance heard through the streets of ...
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Why the Kurdish conference made me cry
Fréderike Geerdink It was during the speech of DEM Party co-chair Tuncer Bakırhan that I suddenly felt myself becoming emotional. ...
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Newroz celebrations, that’s the answer to your Kurds-questions
Fréderike Geerdink In a shocking move, the government decided to illegally rob Ekrem İmamoğlu, the elected mayor of Istanbul, ...
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The state will bow to the peoples’ demand for peace
Fréderike Geerdink The most pressing question people ask me about Öcalan’s call for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to lay ...
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After Öcalan’s call, Turkish society has a long way to go
Fréderike Geerdink In Turkey, only Kurds are ready for change. Even a live broadcast of Öcalan’s call on the PKK ...
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Mother Tongue Day as an act to obscure genocide
Fréderike Geerdink It’s International Mother Tongue Day on 21 February! Pîroz be! It’s wonderful to celebrate the richness of languages ...
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