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Tag: Kurdish–Turkish conflict

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Can Turkey Make Multicultural Authoritarianism Work?, by Sinem Adar – 30 July 2025

From Foreign Policy In a carefully choreographed ceremony on July 11 in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, 30 members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) symbolically burned their weapons. This

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A Colonial Mentality Lies at the Root of Turkey’s “Win-Win Energy Strategy”. Interview with Melis Tantan – 22 May 2025

From ANF Melis Tantan says that Turkey’s energy strategy is based on colonialism and that energy has become a tool of domination for many states.

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PKK Dissolution: The Long Goodbye to Vanguardism, by Blade Runner – 19 May 2025

The move reflects a broader strategic vision embracing gender liberation, pluralism, and local democracy The formal announcement of the PKK’s dissolution has sparked mixed reactions among Turkey’s Kurds and international

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A Turning Point for the Kurdish Struggle?, by Blade Runner – 4 March 2025

Öcalan calls for PKK dissolution, but Turkey may refuse to release him In a historic declaration, the imprisoned founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK),

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Turkey Wants the PKK to Disarm—But Will It Actually Leave Iraq?, by Ameer Al-Auqaili – 4 March 2025

Abdullah Öcalan has called for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party to put down their weapons. What will this mean for Iraq? In the rugged mountains of

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Rojava Between the Hammer and the Anvil, by Daniel Adediran & Blade Runner – 19 February 2025

Democratic region faces an impossible choice if it loses NATO support On Saturday 15 February, Turkish-backed forces in northeastern Syria killed journalist Egîd Roj. This

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A turning point for Turkey-Kurd peace? by Jürgen Klute – 3 December 2024

At the end of January this year, I visited South Kurdistan (Northern Iraq) together with Zainab Murad Sahrab, the co-chair of the KNK [Kurdistan National

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Reflections on the Antisemitic Content in Öcalan’s ‘The Sociology of Freedom’ – 29 July 2021

We are a group of leftist educators, scholars, and activists who support the Kurdish-led liberation struggle in Rojava and beyond. We write in a spirit

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