Methodological differences of the PKK, KCK and HDP
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...
The Clash of Powers or The Dawn of a New Era?
“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...
UNESCO as an Ethno-Political Entrepreneur: The Need for Emancipating LAVASH
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...
Anatomy of the PKK: Violence and Self-Interest
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...
The Big Picture in Syria is Bigger Than Any One Group
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...
Nongovernmental Humanitarianism In Turkey: The Quest For Internationalist Virtue
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...