There were some debates about “normalization,” but unfortunately, it does not seem applicable to Kurdish politicians. The outcome of the Kobani trial in Turkey resulted in convictions of former pro-Kurdish party officials, including Selahattin Demirtaş, who received more than 40 years in jail for instigating the 2014 Kobanî protests. Prosecutors had initially sought 38 “aggravated … Read more
Kobani resistance is such a powerful symbol that extremists and their (hidden) supporters are keen to punish this victory in one way or another. I guess, women’s role in his resistance is even a bigger blow to fundamentalists and patriarchy in the region. I do not intend to romanticize the “Rojava Revolution.” I wish democratic … Read more
Kobane ve Syriza rüzgârları View image | gettyimages.com Güdük demokrasimiz son demlerini yaşarken bir seçim kazanıldı bir de muharebe. Yurtdışında cereyan etseler de memleketin moralini birebir etkilediler. Syriza’nın seçim zaferi bir sol alternatif olabileceği hissiyatını yeşertti. Kobane seferberliği Kürtlerin mücadelesini uluslararasılaştırırken Suriye Kürdistanına yeni bir nefes verdi, siyasî özerklik modelinin önünü açtı. Türkiye’deki siyasî … Read more
US Vice President Joe Biden to visit Turkey next month US Vice President Joe Biden next month visits Ukraine as well as Turkey, where fighting across the border in the Syrian town of Kobane has sparked tensions with Washington Iraq Kurd fighters leave base for Syria deployment: report More than 150 Kurdish peshmerga fighters left a … Read more
Turkey’s Curious Ballet NYT > Turkey Turkey is to allow Iraqi Kurds cross into Syria to fight Islamic State. US airdrops to Kobane were not wrong, Washington says after Erdoğan criticism Washington does not think the US airdrop of weapons to the Syrian border town of Kobane was wrong, Marie Harf has said PYD not terrorist under US … Read more
Turkey will not cooperate in US support for Kurds in Syria, says Erdogan World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk President calls Syrian Kurdish group a terrorist organisation US launches further air strikes against Isis at Kobani US-led air strikes kill 10 civilians, say monitors Turkey would not agree to any US arms transfers to Kurdish fighters who … Read more
New US Ambassador to Turkey arrives in Ankara Hurriyet Daily News Ambassador John Bass has described Turkey and the U.S. as ‘long-time friends and strategic partners’ In other news: Turkey downplays Armenian rug exhibition in White House Ankara does not see the decision to exhibit a historic rug as amounting to ‘taking sides with Armenian arguments’ New respect … Read more
Venezuela Gets Security Council Seat; Turkey Fails NYT > Turkey by By SOMINI SENGUPTA After two rounds of voting at the General Assembly, the five new rotating members will be Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela. Ankara strikes upbeat note despite failure in UN Security Council bid New Zealand and Spain win the seats in the … Read more
Nejat Ağırnaslı, Sociologist, Dies in Kobane bianet – Suphi Nejat Ağırnaslı, a sociology graduate from Turkey’s prestigious Bosporus University, has lost life in Kobane while fighting against ISIS. He was 30 years old. According to his friends, Ağırnaslı left for Turkish fighter jets bomb PKK positions for first time since start of peace bid Turkish fighter … Read more
https://twitter.com/OccupiedTaksim/status/521582854934122496 Anti-ISIS Students Attacked Again on Campus Bianet :: English Around 25 students have been detained after the clashes between an allegedly pro-ISIS group and those who protest ISIS presence in Kobane. The former group reportedly attacked the latter with batons and machetes on Istanbul University campus. Police detain 26 at Istanbul University, confiscate batons and machete … Read more
Turkey ‘agrees to US air base use’ BBC News | Europe | World Edition Turkey has agreed to let the US use its military bases in the campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, senior US officials say Student of prestigious Bosphorus University killed while fighting ISIL in Kobane Hurriyet Daily News A student … Read more
some reliable observers point out that these hand signals might be related to team numbers. she might be right: Twitter quickly withholds tweets for Turkey’s ‘national security’ Transportation Minister Lütfi Elvan complains of ‘provocations’ Turkey’s main opposition suggests limited ground operation into Kobane The CHP says the mandate authorizing the army to mobilize in Syria should … Read more
HDP co-chair Demirtaş: Turkish gov’t can stop protests by vowing to confront ISIL Demirtaş blames the ‘inaction’ of the Turkish state over developments in Kobane for the violent protests As Islamic State Nears Conquest of Syrian Town, U.S. Presses Turks NYT > Turkey by By MARK LANDLER and ERIC SCHMITT Officials warned that airstrikes alone would not … Read more
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
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