INDEX:  File English in PDF  •Deep Economic Crisis •AKP-MHP Repression and Counterproductive Pandemic Response •Using the Coronavirus as a Biological Weapon Against Kurds and the Opposition •The Symbiotic Relationship Between AKP and MHP •Conflict Producing Foreign Policy •Neo-Ottoman Military Misadventures with No End in Sight •Kurds Face COVID-19 and Turkish Military Attacks •Weaponising water in Rojava/North…
Analysis
Analysis, Dossier, Press Release
Declaration of the Summit of National Stance against Turkey’s occupationist efforts in Kurdistan
Upon a request by the Joint Diplomatic Committee of Kurdistan’s Political Parties and Institutions, which is under the umbrella of the KNK and consists of 34 parties and institutions, and a dozen of representatives of political parties and institutions, on 27 July 2019 the Summit of National Stance against Turkey’s occupation of Kurdistan was held…
Analysis, Dossier, Press Release, South (Iraq)
Appeal to local and global media and public opinion
Under the pretence of targeting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the Turkish military is attacking and invading the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. While this is not the first time that the Turkish state’s forces have struck the Kurdistan Region, this time the campaign of military aggression is larger in scale – this invasion demonstrates a…
Analysis, Dossier
THE FINAL RESOLUTION OF THE 15 th ANNUAL EUTCC CONFERENCE 2018
Wednesday/Thursday 5-6 December 2018, European Parliament, Brussels THE KURDISH FACTOR IN WORLD POLITICS:CRISIS, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS The Annual International Conference on the EU, Turkey and the Kurds was hosted by the EU Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC) in cooperation with the European United Left-Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL), the Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA), and the Progressive Alliance…
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FINAL DECLERATION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE THE TURKISH INVASION OF AFRIN
FINAL DECLERATION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE THE TURKISH INVASION OF AFRIN &KURDISH ACADEMICS DISCUSS THEIR VISION FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOLUTION TO THE CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST Brussels, European Parliament 28 June 2018 The International Conference was hosted and organized by the Greens-European Free Alliance (Greens-EFA), The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), European…
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International Conference in EP: The Turksih invasion of Afrin & Kurdish Academics discuss their vision for a democratic solution to the crisis in the Middle East
As the final part of the international conference “The Turkish invasion of Afrin – Kurdish academics discuss their vision for a democratic solution to the crisis in the Middle East”, we will have a chance to discuss the role of Kurdish academics in the current political and historical stage. As you can see from the…
Analysis
16 reasons to vote HDP, the candle in Turkey’s darkness
by Rebwar Rashed*, The Region President Erdogan surprised people in Turkey and the world by announcing that Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections will be brought forward to June 24, 2018, instead of November 2019, more than a year earlier than planned, that´s after reaching an agreement with the head of the nationalist MHP party, Devlet…
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THE INDIFFERENCE OF THE CoE AND THE CPT TO THE TORTURE IN IMRALI PRISON MUST END
There is still no news from the political prisoner and Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah OCALAN. The Turkish state has banned all contact with Mr A. OCALAN. The Kurdish people and their friends are seriously concerned for Mr OCALAN’s life and health Despite that, a few days ago the The Council of Europe’s Committee for the…