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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Op-Ed: What Israel Can Learn from Turkey

Selene Verri 4 years ago Region: Turkey

This article was originally published on the blog Turkish Diary. Turkey has recently condemned Israel's offensive in Gaza. Ankara has even decided to suspend its mediating efforts between Israel and Syria. It would be ea... more

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Kirkuk Turmoil Over Council Move

IWPR 4 years ago Region: Iraq

Government calls for calm as Kirkuk authority urges union with Kurdish region. By Tiare Rath in New York Politicians have warned that Kirkuk provincial council’s threat to join the region to Iraqi Kurdistan will in... more

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Tough Two Weeks of Threats for Turkey

Global Voices 4 years ago Region: Turkey

Posted by Deborah Anne Dilley to Global Voices Online The past two weeks have been tough for the Republic of Turkey as they have been dealing with enemies from within. On July 9th, a terrorist attack on the US Consulate ... more

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Terror masterminded by Canadian

C.P. Antony 5 years ago Region: Canada

Gerald Blanchard, 35, a Canadian was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday for masterminding a scheme to fund Muslim extremists by ripping off bank ATMs. He pleaded guilty to 16 charges, admitting he came ... more

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Turkey launches strikes on Iraq

C.P. Antony 5 years ago Region: Iraq

Turkish cobra helicopters demolished suspected Kurdish rebel targets today on the south-eastern border with Iraq in a second day of fighting in the Mount Cudi area. The Turkish Government has called a special Cabinet level... more

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Iraqi Kurds Back PKK Despite Hardships

IWPR 5 years ago Region: Iraq

 - By Yahya Ahmed in northern Iraq (ICR No. 254, 18-Apr-08) Abdulla Saeed walks to a makeshift tent a few kilometres from his deserted home. He hums a classic Kurdish song as he follows his donkey down a mount... more

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Kurdish photos by Italian photographers

Selene Verri 5 years ago Region: Turkey

Disclaimer: all the images in this post are under copyright and cannot be used, even partially, without the autors' authorization. The photos the title is about are not mine. Luckily, I'd say. In Diyarbakir, where I ... 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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Turkey Is Warned By Iraqi Kurds About Air Strikes

Can Tran 5 years ago Region: Iraq

The bombardments by the Turkish military have been condemned by the Kurdish region’s president, Massoud Barzani. He had explained that thousands of innocent people have been killed in those raids. In the past eig... more

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