What good can shutting down the People’s Democratic Party do and to whom?
Translated by: Selin Çetin Hello, good day. Yesterday, the Chair of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announced the Human Rights Action Plan. It was not discussed in much detail, and I don’t believe it will be because the situation in Turkey is apparent. The current laws, the […]
The Kurdish question is now on the world agenda
Translated by Melissa Clissold Ankara wants to show Operation Peace Spring as a “struggle against terrorism”, however; it is finding it extremely difficult to convince the international public. In fact, due to the operation, the complete opposite has happened; the Kurdish problem has now taken its place among the world agenda. What can be the […]
Caretaker government once again: Erdoğan’s big despair
The images released over the weekend of the birthday event that The Republican People’s Party (CHP) leaders’ wife Selvi Kılıçdaroğlu organised for Selahattin Demirtaş’s wife Başak Demirtaş, comprised of important clues for the “brand new Turkey” period which started after March 31. This morning, the Ministry of Interior dismissed the mayors of Diyarbakır, Van and […]
This Week in Turkey (45): with Amberin Zaman on Iran protests and the regional Kurdish question
Voiceover: Ömer GürbÜz omergurbuz@gmail.com
Kurdish question after Tahir Elçi
(Prepared by Zeynep Ekmekci, Gülener Kırnalı, Elif Akbıyık and Melissa Clissold)