If you glance at the English newspapers on any given day, you will hardly come across the word martyr. If you do the same with the Turkish ones, the word will leap out at you and sometimes in bold letters. Turkish soldiers are dying in Syria, Libya and Kurdistan....
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Is Erdogan Like Malcolm X?
Something strange happened in New York last month. President Erdogan of Turkey met with two daughters of Malcom X, Ilyasha and...
Two Other Khashoggis of the Middle East
Both men grew up in the same country, Turkey. One was a Turk, the other a Kurd. The Turk wanted to become a journalist. The Kurd...
Mr. President Meets Mr. Kurd
The four letters, K.U.R.D, that cause insomnia in four Middle Eastern capitals delighted Mr. Trump. He began to sing our praises. Rahim Rashidi, a reporter for Kurdistan TV, was there and couldn’t believe his eyes or ears.
When a State Devours Its Dissidents: The Story of Ferhat Tepe
Let me first express my heartfelt gratitude to Munawar Laghari of Save Our Sindh (SOS) coalition here in Washington for taking...
Kurds, Obama and Ben Rhodes
If you take a walk in downtown Hawler and ask random Kurds if they know of Ben Rhodes, you will likely get blank stares and,...
No Tears for Afrin…Did the Kurds Rush…to Liberate Raqqa?
Fighting between Turks and Kurds is nothing new. But the latest assault by the Turkish army on the Kurdish province of Afrin...
What is Up with President Erdogan?
French president Emmanuel Macron isn’t sure of how to deal with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A French magazine writer...