Rahman Dag – CESRAN International

CESRAN Reflections on Turkey’s June 7 Parliamentary Elections by Dr. Rahman Dağ

CESRAN Int.27 June 201527 June 2015

From 2002 onwards, the AK party won a majority in every Turkish election. Erdoğan always won comfortably, whether in national elections, local votes, or the more recent presidential one. However,...

CESRAN Blog Rahman Dag Turkey and Neighbourhood

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 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...

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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 Rahman Dag

While Kobani is Falling, Politics or Humanity?

CESRAN Int.17 October 201415 April 2016

The negligence and the reluctance of the international community to become involved in the Democratic Union Party (PYD) conflict with the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in Kobani...