Syria’s political earthquake – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn Again, events are taking place more quickly than I can read about them, let alone write what is ...
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Police raids on Kurds: UK-Turkey policy under scrutiny
Mark Campbell The Kurdish Community Centre (KCC) in north London was raided in the early hours of Wednesday 27 November, ...
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Rojava’s resistance: A defence of humanity
Selahattin Soro On 14 November, UK Defence Minister John Healey visited Ankara and met with Yaşar Güler while touring the ...
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Aleppo and the Kurds: A shifting balance of power
Amed Dicle The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) has reported that control of the Aleppo International Airport and nearby ...
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The hegemonic ruler is the fascist state
Can we still call Turkey a competitive authoritarian regime?, a policy analyst and former Turkish diplomat asked on Bluesky after ...
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Three days that changed Syria – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn I am writing this on Friday night with the situation in Syria evolving by the minute. By the ...
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Water cannon in Dersim and water war in Syria – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn As I write this on Friday night, thousands of people are on the streets of Tunceli (Dersim) protesting ...
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Authoritarian Turkey is nearing the end of the road
Sinan Önal The political landscape in Turkey has taken unexpected turns since the beginning of October. It all started with ...
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Show me your football club to tell me who you are
Fréderike Geerdink Even though I don’t like football – and I’m expressing myself mildly here – I did once go ...
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Democracy at a crossroads: The Persian-centric state and the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi motto
Azad Hajiaghaei Two years ago, when Kurds in Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhilat) raised the slogan "Jin, Jiyan, Azadi" (Woman, Life, Freedom) ...
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