The General Command of YPG (People’s Defense Units) has released a statement in response to Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu who blamed the YPG for yesterday’s attack in the heart of Turkish capital Ankara which left 28 people dead and 64 others...
By Matt Payton. This article was published by Independent on February 18, 2016. Turkey has launched overnight air strikes on Kurdish rebel camps in northern Iraq after a car bomb in Ankara killed at least 28 people. Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey’s Prime Minister, has...
By Walter R. Mebane, Jr., Allen Hicken and Ken Kollman. This article was published by The Washington Post on February 15, 2016. How can we tell whether election results accurately reflect voters’ intentions? The question can be broken into parts. Are proper procedures...
This article was posted on Bestanews on February 16, 2016. 102 members of the European Parliament have launched a signature campaign calling on the European Union to remove the PKK (Kurdistan Worker’s Party) from the list of terrorist organizations. Two...
By Daren Butler. This article was published by Reuters on February 17, 2016. The rapid advance of U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, taking advantage of Russian air strikes to seize territory near the Turkish border, has infuriated Ankara and threatened...
Published by Research Turkey 15 February 2016 How the Toxic Patriarchy of War Plays out on Kurdish Women’s Bodies “What is naked today is not the body of a woman whom they have slaughtered but the very understanding of the government of war itself.” Figen Yüksekdağ A...
