August 30, 2019 The Rev. Charles Hoffacker Priest, The Episcopal Church (Anglican Communion) God, we call upon you using many names, and sometimes we choose not to speak. We come before you as people of holy faith, we come before you as...
August 30, 2019 Wedat Aydin didn’t have a say in why he was born a Kurd in an international colony called Kurdistan part of which is now reeling under the jackboots of the Turkish Army. Nor did he have a say in why he was born in 1954...
August 30th has been designated by the United Nations as International Day for the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Human rights leaders will be speaking on behalf of missing loved ones, Sindhis in Pakistan, Kurds in the Middle East, Tamils in Sri Lanka and Uyghurs in China.
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”—Voltaire Dear Mr. Coelho, You are hot news in Kurdistan—among its lovers of literature to be exact. But we can’t yet award you any literary prize for honoring...
You could say that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan played with fire—and got burned. Even better—it was Kurds who lit the flame. It started when Mr. Erdogan noticed his handpicked candidate for mayor of Istanbul, Binali Yildirim,...
The residents of Istanbul are getting ready to vote again next Sunday. Turks are divided, making Kurds the most critical voting block in the history of Turkish elections. The city supports 15 million souls, 3 million of whom hail from...