On October 6, the presidents of America and Turkey spoke by phone. There is no transcript of what was said, but the White House issued a press release announcing the decision of Turkey’s president to attack northern Syria, and that of the United States to withdraw...
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day 6 at the vigil for king’s dream in kurdistan
Jan 21, 2016 today’s posting comes from pat davis. no relations to paul davis, the author of “turkey needs a dr. king” op-ed...
day 1 at the vigil for king’s dream in kurdistan
Jan 15, 2016 we started our day at 9:30 am in front of turkish embassy. a group calling itself turkish american national...
A Vigil to STOP Turkey’s War on Kurds!
Jan 12, 2016 America will pause to honor one of its heroes, Dr. King, on January 15, 2016. As Bakur (northern Kurdistan) comes...
Islamic State, Turkey and the Kurds
Dec 30, 2015 "A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of communism.” So started the Communist Manifesto of Karl Marx and...
Turkey’s Fatally Flawed Democracy
Nov 30, 2015 We’ve heard the old saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” We can now add: “Don’t judge a book by a quote in...
Why was Turkey’s human rights defender Tahir Elci killed?
Nov 29, 2015 Namo Abdulla of Rudaw discusses Mr. Elci's assassination with Joshua Walker and Kani Xulam. ...
Kürtler, Kadınlar ve Abdullah Gül
Nov 29, 2015 Şu özlü sözü hepimiz duymuşuzdur: “Bir kitabı kapağına bakarak değerlendirmeyin.” Şimdi bu söze, şunu da...