December 2014 – CESRAN International

Methodological differences of the PKK, KCK and HDP

CESRAN Int.25 December 201425 December 2014

Since the PKK was established an illegal, armed organization, it has always been revolutionary in the way it obtained its results regardless of a transformation from separate state to democratic...

CESRAN Blog Ozgur Tufekci

The Clash of Powers or The Dawn of a New Era?

CESRAN Int.22 December 201422 December 2014

“As I have said before, our two nations are trying to do something that has never been done in history, which is to write a new answer to the question...

CESRAN Blog Husrev Tabak Turkey and Neighbourhood

UNESCO as an Ethno-Political Entrepreneur: The Need for Emancipating LAVASH

CESRAN Int.13 December 201413 December 2014

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), more specifically the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, has recently decided that lavash is an intangible cultural...

CESRAN Blog Rahman Dag Turkey and Neighbourhood

Anatomy of the PKK: Violence and Self-Interest

CESRAN Int.10 December 201410 December 2014

It might be quite bold to say, but the PKK does not care about anything but the existence of Kurdish cantons in Syria. It cares about this much more than...

CESRAN Blog Rahman Dag

The Big Picture in Syria is Bigger Than Any One Group

CESRAN Int.10 December 201410 December 2014

The Middle East has been persevering not because the leaders of Middle Eastern countries are just and legitimate, but because the people who live there still have hope for the...

CESRAN Blog Husrev Tabak Turkey and Neighbourhood

Nongovernmental Humanitarianism In Turkey: The Quest For Internationalist Virtue

CESRAN Int.10 December 201410 December 2014

The last decade has been a golden age in the history of Turkey`s international humanitarian initiatives. Today, Turkey`s humanitarian aid organizations, both state institutions and civil society organizations, operate in...