Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by BORGER Julian, LETSCH Constanze
Ankara backs deployment of troops in neighbouring countries amid fears Syria has become a ‘nest for terror and terrorists’.
Turkey’s parliament has voted to authorise military action against Islamic State (Isis) militants as the jihadists advanced within a couple of miles of the encircled (…)
, by TISDALL Simon
Direct Turkish military engagement and the creation of a buffer zone could serve to curb growing Kurdish self-rule aspirations.
After months of hanging back amid angry accusations of collusion, Turkey is gearing up for a bigger role in the fight against Islamic State (Isis) that could include (…)
, by TAYLOR Rafael
As the prospect of Kurdish independence becomes ever more imminent, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party transforms itself into a force for radical democracy.
Excluded from negotiations and betrayed by the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne after having been promised a state of their own by the World War I (…)
, by ROSSI Bob
On March 30 Turkey held local and regional elections. The dominant narrative has been that the elections were a victory for Prime Minister Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP). In fact, conservative forces have nothing to crow about. The elections forced the government to show its (…)
, by EROL Mehmet Erman
Autonomy, occupation, self-management... these long-forgotten terms are back in Turkey since late 2012-early 2013. There have been several factory occupations since last year. The most prominent ones are, among others, Kazova, Greif, Zentiva, Feniş, Moda Socks Factory, Renault, and Şişecam (…)
Rising death toll turns mine accident in Turkey to carnage
IndustriALL Global Union and its worldwide family mourn the deaths of hundreds of mineworkers in Soma, Manisa province in Western Turkey. As of the time of writing, 205 miners are dead and more than 80 are hospitalized. Rescue efforts (…)
, by JEFROUDI Maral
This analysis was written a couple of days before the municipal elections of Sunday, March 30, 2014.
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There are a couple of days left for the municipal elections in Turkey. On Sunday, 30th of March, 52 million people will vote for the mayors, district and (…)
, by SAVRAN Sungur
Three events that occurred in the space of three days create sufficient ground for suspecting that [Turkish Prime Minister] Recep Tayyip Erdogan is playing with the Syrian fire in order to extricate himself out of the situation he faces. First, a commando of three foreign fundamentalist (…)
, by SAVRAN Sungur
So it has come to this! As the whole world is aware, the Turkish government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken the step of banning Twitter! The government is probably sounding the reaction of the public and planning to ban YouTube as well, since that has been the site where all the wiretapped (…)
, by Petition / Sign-on Letter
Eleven Research Assistants who work in the Faculty of Communication at Marmara University in Turkey – and who are also members of Egitim-Sen (Education and Science Workers’ Union) – participated in a KESK (Confederation of Public Workers’ Unions) strike action held on June 4 and 5, 2013. As a (…)
, by KÜRKÇÜGIL Masis
The resistance at Taksim raised new questions as to the fate of the Kurdish resistance which has gone on for around thirty years at the cost of around 35,000 deaths. The question is whether an increasingly authoritarian regime can satisfy Kurdish expectations.
Over the last five years a (…)
, by KÜRKÇÜGIL Masis
The “Islamist movement” which, since the transition to multi-partyism after World War II, had found a niche in the parties of the centre right — first inside the Democratic Party (DP) and then after the coup d’état in 1960, in the Justice Party (AP) — first formed an independent political party (…)
, by KÜRKÇÜGIL Masis
There is a huge gap between the mass discontent and the socialist movement, as is shown by the fact that the people who participated in the résistance at Taksim are not affiliated to any political party. It was also the first time that most of them had taken part in political action. Moreover, (…)
, by AYMAN I. Zekeriya
The capacity of the Turkish revolutionary left to help lead a mass revolt has been tested during the past month of the Gezi protests.
They are now calling it “the Great June Resistance”. The left clearly feel lighter, refreshed. Their spirit is higher than it has been for decades. And most (…)
, by ALI Tariq, BILGEHAN Zeynep
Zeynep Bilgehan: You released a solidarity message for the protestors from Ankara. First of all how long have you been in Ankara and what’s the purpose of your visit?
Tariq Ali: I was in Ankara for three days to give a public lecture at the invitation of the Cankaya municipality that had been (…)
, by FAULKNER Neil
Neil Faulkner looks at the historical significance of the Taksim protest movement.
Taksim Square in Istanbul has now joined Syntagma in Athens, Tahrir in Cairo, and Puerta del Sol in Madrid has a global symbol of resistance. Tens of thousands of protestors have been battling riot police for (…)
, by SAVRAN Sungur
After days of hesitation and negotiation, the government has finally decided to evacuate the Taksim Commune, where thousands camped in Gezi Park and which tens of thousands visited every night. Police attacked Gezi Park yesterday evening (June 15) and after evacuating it using tear gas and, as a (…)
, by OKDE-Spartakos
The Organization of Communists Internationalists of Greece / OKDE-Spartakos expresses its solidarity with the struggle of the working class, the youth and the people of Turkey against the Erdogan government.
A struggle that, although it began as a mobilization against the commercialization of (…)
This interview with Özlem Onaran by Anastasia Giamali of Avgi (The Dawn), Syriza’s daily paper, was made on 5 June and published on 9 June 2013.
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Erdogan has been promoting a fully neoliberal agenda with privatisations, “development”, etc. Has this reached a ceiling? Is (…)
, by KÜRKÇÜGIL Masis
The spontaneous movement that started in Istanbul has taken on on an unprecedented dimension in the history of the country and now touches sixty-seven of the eighty-five major cities in Turkey.
It all started when a group of citizens decided on a peaceful occupation, maybe for only some days, (…)
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