Hani al-Gamal – Cairo Israel and Lebanon have completed their first round of talks on the delimitation of maritime borders.Read More
Savan Abdulrahman – Iraqi Kurdistan Raparin Children’s Teaching Hospital is located in Erbil, Iraq. Until now, it has been a public hospital that was built on public land, funded by taxpayers.Read More
Seda Taşkın Deniz Özer is a 25 year-old comedic actor performing in Kurdish, who has over half a million followers on social media. Özer spoke to Seda Taşkın about how and why he started acting and what he did before taking up the profession.Read More
Medyanews Exclusive Freedom of expression in Turkey is under sustained and increasing attack, especially since the failed coup attempt in July 2016. Academics, journalists and writers who criticise the government risk criminal investigation, prosecution and censorship.Read More
Medyanews Exclusive The term cult (tarikat) means “the way/ways” in the Arabic language, and cults date back to the Prophet’s era. However, the way that they operate in Turkey today is different from how they originated. Cults changed during the Caliphate; they changed during the Ottoman Empire; they changed after the Republic of Turkey’s foundation; […]Read More
Medyanews Exclusive The law regarding dervish lodge closures was introduced on 30 November 1925. Since then, however, many cults and religious sects have continued to operate in Turkey.Read More
Hani al-Gamal – Cairo The 3rd Cairo Water Week will kick off in Cairo on 18 October under the auspices of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.Read More
Uğur Deniz – Istanbul Agit Özdemir, from the Mesopotamian Ecology Movement, has described fires in the Kurdish cities of Turkey as “political fires” which are part of a “security strategy”. This time, we asked Özdemir about the dams surrounding Kurdish provinces, which so far number more than a thousand. One of the main reasons for […]Read More
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