You could say that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan played with fire—and got burned. Even better—it was Kurds who lit the...
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Drone Strikes and Hunger Strikes
Turks everywhere solemnly honor November 10, 1938 and its anniversaries, as a day of mourning. That’s when the founder of their...
Beleaguered Kurds As Saviors of Democracy in Istanbul
First a little bit of digression: When a Roman general conquered a new land; he was authorized to have a parade through the...
Michelle Obama and the First Lady of Iraq
Michelle Obama’s just published autobiography, Becoming, is selling like hot cakes—reportedly 1,4 million copies in the first...
World Order Without Kurdistan, Oops America!
Fortune magazine annually prints the names of 500 American companies that are envied around the world. If there were a magazine...
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...