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, was losing in the polls. In...
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Calling all John Browns in Turkey
I hope there is a John Brown roaming around somewhere in Turkey—one who hates supremacy of Turks over the Kurds as much as John Brown detested the slavery of blacks in America.
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now interviews Kani Xulam
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now interviews Kani Xulam on Turkish-American deal to take on the Islamic State…
Kurds and the Persian Nuke Deal
The so-called nuclear “peace” agreement negotiated with Iran has generated lots of diplomatic niceties—but little substance.
The Kidnapped Kurdish Girl Turned into a Deadly Sniper
Her abductors wanted this little girl dead.
Her crime: she was born a Kurd!
The man who held her fate in his evil hand hated Kurdish people.
Memo to President Obama
From Rudaw.net June 15, 2015 There is a statue of Woodrow Wilson in Prague, Czech Republic. There is a statue of Bill Clinton in...
A Turkish Trojan-Horse Election?
Jun 6, 2015 It has been more than 3,000 years since the Greeks gave the world a new word: “Trojan Horse,” which has come to mean...
A Kurdish Mosque and an American Church
The city of Washington is chockfull of monuments honoring famous generals and politicians. Anyone living in the city is used to...