Anti-Terror Laws Stalk Turkish Students
Ahmet Saymadi slumps into a cafe, gives a limp handshake to some friends, and then stops at a computer to do some work. When he finally pauses for a tea break, he pushes a CD across the table, which...
View ArticleTURKEY: Caught Between Syria’s Kurds and a Hard Spot
In a display of muscle-flexing, Turkish tanks this week carried out military exercises on the Syrian border, just a few kilometres away from towns that Syrian Kurds had seized from Syrian President...
View ArticleHunger Strike Is Over, but Kurdish Unrest Is Not
There was a sigh of relief in Ankara as Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the outlawed Kurdish Workers Party (PKK), on Sunday put an end to the 68-day hunger strike of 682 Kurdish prisoners and nine members...
View ArticlePKK Frees Turkish Hostages in Peace Bid
Kurdish rebels in Turkey have released eight hostages after their jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan called for a prisoner exchange. The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) freed the eight soldiers and civil...
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Despite Peaceful Withdrawal, PKK-Turkey Peace Remains Uncertain
A PKK soldier stands in front of a crowd gathered in the Qandil mountains. Credit: Karlos Zurutuza/IPSThe peaceful withdrawal from Turkey of combatants from the Kurdistan’s Workers Party (PKK) began...
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Turkey’s Kurdish Problem Likely to Worsen After ISIS Gains in Iraq
Kurds in Diyarbakir: a generation lost in conflict. Credit: Brian Dell/WikipediaBy Jacques N. CouvasANKARA, Jun 16 2014 (IPS)Eighteen months after a ceasefire between the outlawed Kurdistan Workers...
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Race for the Turkish Presidency Promises Suspense
By Jacques N. CouvasANKARA, Jun 21 2014 (IPS)The announcement this week of the personality chosen by Turkey’s opposition parties to run for the office of the President of the Republic has taken the...
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