Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by ROBINSON Nathan
Exclusive interviews with survivors and witnesses of an Islamic State bombing show that the Turkish government has finally declared war… on the activists ISIS attacked.
An armed man escorts others carrying the coffins of the victims of the Suruc bomb attack during a funeral ceremony in (…)
, by ZIRNGAST Max
The Turkish government is using the massacre in Suruç to wage war — not on ISIS, but on the Kurdish liberation movement.
On July 20 a suicide bombing took the lives of thirty-one socialists in Suruç. A delegation of the Federation of Socialist Youth Associations (SGDF) was on its way to (…)
, by Yeniyol (New Course for Socialist Democracy)
WE CONDEMN JIHADIST BARBARISM AND THE WARLIKE POLICY OF THE AKP!
More than thirty young revolutionaries have lost their lives as a result of a terrorist attack by the jihadist organization DAESH in the town of Suruc, on the border with Syria. We express our condolences to the families, friends (…)
, by Diha
ANKARA (DİHA) - The co-chairs of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have issued a statement accusing the AKP government of being party to the Suruç massacre. The co-chairs urged civilians and groups to develop their own security measures.
Yesterday, in the town of Suruç, Turkey, 30 died in a (…)
, by DAHER Joseph
The ultra-reactionary movement Daech (known as the so-called Islamic State) has targeted Monday, July 20, 2015, the cultural centre of Amara in the city of Suruc in Turkey, which hosted a meeting of 300 young of Kurdish leftists, members of the Federation of Socialist Youth Associations (SGDF, (…)
, by AYDIN Uraz
Facing the risk of the establishment of a more authoritarian and openly autocratic regime under the presidency of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the appeal by the HDP (Democratic Party of the Peoples) to “broad humanity” was heard by millions of voters, allowing it to cross the 10% threshold necessary (…)
, by YORUK Erdem
With Turkey’s parliamentary elections on Sunday fast approaching, all eyes are on the Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP) contesting its first ever election as a party, rather than a coalition of nominally independent candidates: a momentous decision on the part of the party leadership, which stands (…)
, by JEFROUDI Maral
The parliamentary elections in Turkey will take place this Sunday. 54 million people can vote for a new parliament on June 7th. The electoral scene is focused on the HDP, the Peoples’ Democratic Party. In this article I will try to explain how this phenomenon came into being, and what the (…)
, by DE JONG Alex
In this interview, Joost Jongerden reflects on the Rojava revolution, Öcalan’s leadership role, the position of women in the Kurdish struggle and the PKK.
The defense of the Kurdish city of Kobane against the so-called Islamic State (IS) drew worldwide attention. In the middle of the Syrian (…)
, by FEYYAZ Metin
Turkey’s ex-Prime Minister, new President Erdogan has been talking about their dreams of turning Turkey into “China of Europe” for long time. Last April, when Economy Minister, Zafer Çağlayan met with foreign investors in London, there he declared with proud that “Labour cost in Turkey is even (…)
, by BATOU Jean
The demand for recognition of the Armenian Genocide is inseparable from the defense of democratic freedoms in Turkey.
April 24 marked one hundred years since the beginning of the Armenian Genocide. A century after the methodically planned, organized, and executed destruction of the Anatolian (…)
, by AYDIN Uraz
“The centenary of that which we cannot talk about”. That’s what the conference organized in April by the prestigious University of Bogazici (Istanbul) had to be called, since the term “genocide” had to be removed from the title which had been originally planned.
An event that aptly summarizes (…)
, by DE JONG Alex
The siege of Kobani by the Islamic State (IS) and its tenacious defense by mostly Kurdish forces brought international attention to the Syrian Kurdish PYD (Partiya Yekîtiya Demokrat, Democratic Union Party). The PYD is the leading Kurdish force in a large part of northern Syria where it has (…)
, by CAGATAY Selin, GALLO Mattia
The attempted rape, murder, and burning of 20-year-old university student Özgecan Aslan on Feb. 11th touched a nerve in a society where male-on-female violence has been a chronic problem. Massive demonstrations throughout Turkey followed soon after, but what will it take to stem the surge in (…)
, by AFP
Turkish president also accuses feminists of not understanding special status attributed to mothers by Islam.
The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been accused of blatant sexism after declaring that women are not equal to men and claiming feminists in Turkey reject the idea of (…)
, by ACHCAR Gilbert, ADİLGIZI Lamïya, COSKUN Özlem
Prominent Middle East expert Professor Gilbert Achcar from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London told Today’s Zaman in an interview that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s misguided policy of engaging with Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has led to Turkey losing (…)
“Zero problems with the neighbours” - such was the motto of Turkish diplomacy directed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs (and current Prime Minister) Ahmet Davutoglu since 2009. This goal of “normalization”" of Turkey’s relations with the neighbouring countries was paradoxically accompanied by (…)
, by TOUSSAINT Éric
The World Bank tried very hard to make the the Turkish military appear salutary, and to avoid criticising their interventions.The official comments from the Bank, that the 1980 coup d’état would not jeopardise the Bank’s intention to lend, were very courteous.
The World Bank’s strategy in (…)
, by Women’s Initiative for Peace
WOMEN’S INITIATIVE FOR PEACE ISSUES CALL IN SUPPORT OF KOBANE, AGAINST TURKISH BUFFER ZONE
The Women’s Initiative for Peace (based in Turkey) is calling on everyone to take a stand against Turkey´s proposal of creating a buffer zone in Syria. The statement can be read in full below:
Urgent (…)
, by LETSCH Constanze
Islamic State fighters threaten Syrian-Kurdish city of Kobani as Turkish MPs debate deployment of troops in Iraq and Syria.
Islamic State (Isis) militants have advanced to within a few miles of the Syrian-Kurdish city of Kobani, triggering a renewed stream of refugees seeking to cross the (…)
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