Ferda Çetin – Translated from Yeni Özgür Politika, On Tuesday, in a Champions League match between Istanbul Başakşehir and Paris Saint Germain from France, Başakşehir withdrew from the field. The match was suspended after the fourth referee, Sebastian Coltescu, used racist remarks against Pierre Webo, a member of Başakşehir’s technical team.Read More
by Akın Olgun The Turkish state once again tests its power over the Kurdish political movement and its willpower. The killings, the injustice and the violence organized by the hands of the state aim both at the pacification of the will of the Kurds by encircling their achievements and the transformation of all areas of […]Read More
by Fréderike Geerdink At least eight deaths already in the protests against partially paid and delays in unpaid salaries, unemployment, the deteriorating economic situation in general, corruption and nepotism in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. In Duhok, military vehicles are on the streets to prevent demonstrations from breaking out while in cities in the south […]Read More
by Mark Campbell The flower helps the bee by giving it nectar, and the bee helps pollinate the flower by moving pollen from flower to flower.Read More
by Mark Campbell It is important to understand from the beginning that the wider Kurdish Movement has always had a strong tradition of internationalism and has attracted non Kurds to their movement long before the Rojava Revolution but it is also true to say that never before have International Volunteers joined with the Kurdish struggle […]Read More
by Professor Cengiz Aktar On 10-11 December, the regular European Council meeting will take place. The agenda is crowded with COVID-19, climate change, trade, security, the Hungaro-Polish veto of the 1.7 trillion € 2021-2027 budget as well as external relations. External relations is mostly about how to rebuke Turkey as a result of the continuous […]Read More
by Sarah Glynn In the world of realpolitik, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s aggressive foreign policy isn’t winning him many friends. This week, the European Union will debate imposing sanctions on Turkey in both the short and longer term, and Washington’s draft Defence Spending Bill has brought United States (US) sanctions a step closer. President […]Read More
by Fayik Yağızay Although it might appear that international institutions and global powers act according to principles, values, standards and conventions, we can see that their actions are based simply on their own interests. Almost every day, we witness how principles and values are trampled upon in the face of these interests.Read More
“The Yezidis living on Mount Sinjar provide the last chance for Yezidi culture to survive. Humanity is bound not to let the occupation of Sinjar take place”, Zozan Sima concluded in her column for Yeni Özgür Politika, which assessed the significance of the preservation of the Yezidi culture in Sinjar.Read More
by Sarah Glynn Readers of mainstream international media might observe that nothing of note seems to have happened in any of the four parts of Kurdistan. In fact, if they bothered to look, they might find the same absence of news on most days. But what does a no-news-day actually mean for those on the […]Read More
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