Brief notes (3)- Who leads the uprising?

E. S. I am about the fly from Beirut to Istanbul and this is the last of 3 hasty posts on the current protests in Turkey. Hopefully I will continue to posts but topical recommendations and suggestions are welcome. This is definitely a Kurdish initiated protest process all over Turkey. As the peace process continued, … Read more

Easily manipulable Turkish nationalists. Brief notes on the current uprising…

The most manipulable group in the scene are all kinds of Turkish nationalists. Burn a Atatürk statue as allegedly Kurdish militants did in the Kurdish majority cities and most Kemalist version nationalists will turn to support state action against protesters. Most of these nationalists were exposed to police brutality during Gezi resistance and during Ergenekon … Read more

HüdaPar- As #OccupyGezi social alliances collapse, who is who in the new uprising. Brief notes.

Hür Dava Party- Hüda Par: A political party that represents İslamist Kurds in the Kurdish areas of Turkey. It is possibly used as a front for “Turkish Hizbullah”, a terrorist organization that was used by Turkish State in 1990s against PKK activists in urban settings. This group is responsible for many violence murder cases that … Read more