PKK/KONGRA-GEL Archive
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Turkey: Modern Assertiveness in a Globalized World
Posted on May 9, 2012 | No CommentsAri Katz Turkey is a predominantly Sunni Muslim, ethnically Turkish country with a Kurdish minority. Its role in several ongoing geopolitical sagas, its increasingly public Islamic conservatism, and its newly... -
Flooding out terror? Turkey’s Ilisu dam project
Posted on May 4, 2012 | 1 CommentFlooding out terror? Turkey’s Ilisu dam project Editor’s Note: Soner Cagaptay is a senior fellow and Altay Sedat Otun is a research intern at the Washington Institute for Near East... -
Turkey: Twitter Cuts Two Ways
Posted on May 3, 2012 | 1 CommentSocial media has been a boon for democratization forces around the world, most notably in the Middle East and North Africa. But a recent tragedy in Turkey helps highlights the... -
Turkey to offer 850,000 Euros rewards for PKK leadership
Posted on March 17, 2012 | 3 CommentsBy Alakbar Raufoglu for SES Türkiye — ekurd.net The PKK demanded Turkey’s recognition of the Kurds’ identity in its constitution and of their language as a native language along with... -
Turkish Jets Hit Suspected Rebel Targets in Iraq
Posted on February 13, 2012 | No CommentsPeople carry the coffins of victims as thousands of mourners gathered in Gulyazi village at the border with Iraq, southeast Turkey, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 for the funerals of 35... -
Democratisation and Political Change in Turkey
Posted on January 13, 2012 | No CommentsWhen the Centre for Turkey Studies and Development (CTSD) invited two leading journalists/writers from Turkey over to London to speak at a meeting in the House of Commons this evening... -
Turkey angry after Danish court leaves Kurd TV on air
Posted on January 11, 2012 | 1 CommentCOPENHAGEN, Jan 10 (Reuters) – A Danish court imposed a small fine on the owners of a Kurdish television station on Tuesday but did not shut it down, despite finding... -
‘U.S. drone targeted civilians in Turkey’
Posted on January 9, 2012 | 2 CommentsA U.S. Predator drone had reportedly fired the first bomb in an airstrike that killed 35 Kurdish civilians in southeastern Turkey last month. In its main headline on Sunday, Turkish... -
Turkey: At the Crossroads of East, West, North and South
Posted on January 7, 2012 | 1 CommentPosted on January 5th, 2012 by Samuel Krech Today in our class discussion we talked about the massacre of the Armenian population in Turkey during the first World War along... -
TAHA ÖZHAN – New Turkey, the PKK and jet lag
Posted on January 7, 2012 | No CommentsTAHA ÖZHAN Saturday,January 7 2012, Your time is 14:44:37 New Turkey, the PKK and jet lag Recently, Turkey has made considerable efforts to overcome its historical jet lag. On one... -
‘Turkey must end US, Israel intel. coop’
Posted on January 6, 2012 | No CommentsTurkey uses Israeli-made Heron unmanned aerial vehicles in its military operation against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists. (File photo) A senior Turkish politician has called on the government for an... -
Turkey awaits key anti-PKK weapons
Posted on January 6, 2012 | No CommentsANKARA – Hürriyet Daily News Ümit Enginsoy Turkey plans to boosts fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party by acquiring several items of weapons and vehicles worth billions of US... -
arrests and violence threaten to radicalise a generation
Posted on December 29, 2011 | No CommentsKurds in Turkey: arrests and violence threaten to radicalise a generation Constanze Letsch reports on the Turkish crackdown on the country’s Kurds and the cultural oppression that goes with it Constanze... -
The Lost Word by Oya Baydar
Posted on December 17, 2011 | No CommentsA welcome spotlight shone on Turkey’s Kurdish war Maya Jaggi guardian.co.uk, Friday 16 December 2011 22.55 GMT Kurdistan Workers Party members silhouetted on a hillside in southeast Turkey Kurdish insurgents... -
Turkey denies use of chemical weapons
Posted on December 13, 2011 | 1 CommentTurkey denies use of chemical weapons by Ted Purlain on December 12, 2011 The Turkish military recently denied that it was using chemical weapons to fight against the rebel Kurdistan... -
Turkey: the ‘progressive’ land of repression
Posted on December 12, 2011 | No CommentsTurkey claims to be a successful democracy, but for thousands of political protesters, it is anything but Ayca Çubukçu guardian.co.uk Riot police and Kurdish demonstrators. Turkish riot police clash with... -
ROJ TV promotes PKK, says Danish prosecutor
Posted on December 8, 2011 | No CommentsCOPENHAGEN – Anatolia News Agency This file photo shows front page of Danish newspaper Berlingske Tidende publishing a report on ROJ TV showing the relations between the TV and the...





















