PKK leader Karayilan: EU responsible for stalemate in Kurdish issue

Selene Verri 3 years ago Region: Turkey

Also published on Turkish Diary The Qandil Mountains, in Iraqi Kurdistan. We arrived here expecting training camps and PKK fighters all over the place. We find houses, children playing, women who greet us - all we can say... more

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Laçiner: "Turkey's EU accession is first of all an ethical issue"

Selene Verri 5 years ago Region: Turkey

I was in Istanbul on holiday, so I wasn't prepared for an interview. But when Aykan, a friend from Ankara, proposed me to meet Ömer Laçiner, it would have been a crime to refuse. Laçiner is a writer, ... more

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Fulya Atacan: “In Turkey the military say the State should not use religion, but they did it first

Selene Verri 4 years ago Region: Turkey

Black, long hair and an open smile that often turns ironic. I meet Fulya Atacan on a hot summer day, at the beginning of August, in the Cihangir branch of the famous Kaktüs Café. The music is quite loud, and he... more

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