Political virtue in captivity: the enduring legacy of Abdullah Öcalan’s thought
Azad Hajiaghaei At the outset, it is imperative to recognise that the political operates as a stage for conflicting interests ...
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The art of journalism: navigating depths and currents of the profession
Leandro Albani “Journalism is the splendour of beauty and the uncertainty of the unknown. It is the purity of the ...
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The PKK’s deeper analysis of Israel’s murders
Fréderike Geerdink The impact that the murder by Israel of Hezbullah General Commander Hassan Nasrallah will have across the region, ...
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Turkey’s shocking role in New York Mayor’s corruption case revealed
Matt Broomfield Turkish efforts to influence the US political system through corrupt and illegal means are once again in the ...
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Musa Anter helped shake my foundations
Fréderike Geerdink It is 32 years ago that Kurdish intellectual Musa Anter was murdered by the Turkish deep state. His ...
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Life in authoritarian Turkey – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn Turkey’s war of attrition against the Kurds has been corroding Kurdish existence for a hundred years – sometimes ...
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Turkey’s expanding occupations should be the story media want
Fréderike Geerdink A couple of years ago, a foreign colleague of mine who was a correspondent in Turkey too, ...
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The Turkification of Kurdistan: The world looks on
Loqman Radpey The 1923 Treaty of Lausanne thwarted the establishment of a sovereign Kurdistan state. As a result, the Kurdish ...
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After forty years of armed struggle – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn On 15 August the Kurdish Freedom Movement marked forty years of armed struggle. Besê Hozat, co-president of ...
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No end to Yazidi persecution – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn This week I will focus on two places where civilians are fleeing for their lives. The second ...
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