A message to the international community
Source:Ahval News Date:28Feb2021
Member of the Parliament and human rights defender Mr Ömer Garuk Gergerlioğlu explains his persecution. It is an honor for the Editor to share this letter… A huge legal
Turkey’s top court rules opposition leader Demirtas’s jailing unconstitutional
Source:Middle East Eye Date:20Jun2020
Turkey’s highest court has ruled that the imprisonment of former People’s Democracy Party (HDP) co-leader Selahattin Demirtas is unconstitutional and has ordered compensation to be
Turkey Strips 3 Legislators of Seats, Setting Off Protest
Source:New York Times Date:07Jun2020
The legislators are Enis Berberoglu of the main opposition Republican People’s Party, or CHP, who went on trial on espionage charges for allegedly leaking to an opposition newspaper images that
Assessing the Fatalities in Turkey’s PKK Conflict
Source:International Crisis Group Date:23Nov2019
This report by International Crisi Group answeers the question of who is winnig the war against PKK. The answer is not clear-cut. But the damage to Kurds loyalty to the Republic of Turkey is
Turkey Opposition Leader Attacked by Mob at Soldier’s Funeral
Source:Bloomberg Date:21Apr2019
Turkey has became slave to a culture of violence and ignorance. Congratulations, AKP. Kilicdaroglu, chairman of the Republican People’s Party, or CHP, was punched and kicked at the
Why Turkey’s PKK Conflict Looms Larger than Ever in Local Election Aftermath
Source:Foreign Policy Research Institute Date:10Apr2019
Faced with a sweeping political rebuke, however, Erdogan’s party has found a silver lining in Turkey’s majority Kurdish southeast. There, it has touted unexpected victories as evidence that the
Erdogan accuses US, Europe of ‘meddling’ after Turkey vote
Date:06Apr2019
There would be a calamity of Biblical proportions, if Erdogan pressures election authorities to cancel or renew elections. While all of AKP’s appeals are heard, how about pro-Kurdish
Turkey’s Kurds are sacrificing election wins but to what end?
Source:Arab Weekly Date:03Feb2019
Still, given that the race is neck and neck in the big cities and in western Turkey, the opposition is anxious to attract HDP voters. If the main, so-called greater municipalities are won by
HDP set to take more districts in March vote
Source:Ahval News Date:02Jan2019
Amidst the paucity of national polls, we report what we can According to a survey Rawest, a polling firm that focuses on Turkey’s east and southeast, conducted before the announcement of
What’s behind nationalist gains in Turkey’s Kurdish regions?
Source:al Monitor Date:07Jul2018
The second factor could be the influence of the security bureaucracy and the so-called village guards — government-armed Kurds helping the security forces — “in terms of relocating ballot