Turks everywhere solemnly honor November 10, 1938 and its anniversaries, as a day of mourning. That’s when the founder of their country—Ataturk, so-called father of the Turks—died of liver failure due to alcoholism. In Turkey, Turks stop work to observe his passing....
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We Must Never Take Democracy for Granted
A Kurdish Response to the Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust By Kani Xulam and Biseng Amed February 9, 2000 In...
Declaration of Writers, Nobel Laureates, and Artists
October, 1999 Editor's note: The following declaration was signed by a number of prominent international writers and artists,...
Red Cross Letter to AKIN
American Red Cross National Capital Chapter 2131 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 September 29, 1999 Mr. Kani Xulam American...
Help Quake Victims!
August 22, 1999 Dear Friend, As you know, a major earthquake has hit the industrial heart of Turkey causing the death of...
Open Letter to the Turkish Ambassador
August 21, 1999 Ambassador Baki Ilkin Turkish Embassy 1714 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20005 message sent via...
Iraqi Kurdistan — Stillborn From a Distance
By Kani Xulam August 18, 1999 When the news of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait reached the exiled Kurdish communities in America on...
Turkey’s New Acid Test: The Trial of Ocalan
By Kani Xulam May 30, 1999 In 1870, when Germany declared war on France, Alsace and Lorraine, among other things, became the...

