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23 Aug 2017 8 minute read

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‘A state is not a solution to the Kurdish question’

A rhetorical referendum, peace and radicalization: an explosive interview with Kurdish female leader Bese Hozat...

18 Jul 2017 2 minute read

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The world must stand up to Turkey's arrests

An open letter on the detention of human rights defenders in Turkey, by major human rights organizations across the world.

29 Nov 2016 7 minute read

This article is almost seven years old.

A turning point for Kurds across the Middle East

Kurds find themselves in the eye of a fast paced and changing storm in the Middle East. Karlos Zurutuza...

28 Nov 2016 4 minute read

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Awakening from the winter sleep – a year on from Tahir Elçi’s murder

A year ago today, human rights lawyer and founder of Amnesty International Turkey, Tahir Elçi, was gunned down, Türkan...

18 Nov 2016 7 minute read

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‘I always carry Syria in my heart’

Rana Taloo, a Syrian humanitarian aid worker on the Turkish-Syrian border, tells her story.

1 Nov 2016 2 minute read

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Mixed Media: Music

Hologram Ĭmparatorluğu (Hologram Empire) by Gaye Su Akyol and Radio International by Kefaya...

26 Sep 2016 4 minute read

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For the European development bank, democracy is an afterthought

Almost one in four euros lent by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in 2015 went to authoritarian countries...

25 Jul 2016 3 minute read

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Night fever: remembering Burkina Faso and Tom Waits

Chris Brazier recalls the night he flew into the midst of a revolution and discovered he had made a serious...

20 Jul 2016 3 minute read

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Turkey in turmoil

Turkey’s president exploits the recent attempted coup against him to crack down on opponents. Chris Brazier...

20 Apr 2016 7 minute read

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Why the EU-Turkey deal will not solve the refugee crisis

The EU deportations do not solve the problem that refugees fleeing from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere confront, says...

8 Apr 2016 7 minute read

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‘The best help comes from simple, solidarity movements’

Afghan refugee organizer Yonous Muhammadi speaks to Marienna Pope-Weidemann and ...

8 Mar 2016 4 minute read

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The EU-Turkey summit exposes our inhumanity to refugees

Open and democratic societies cannot be built on fear and hatred, writes Nick Dearden.

1 Mar 2016 3 minute read

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Worldbeaters: Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey’s president is one of the political class’s more humourless and intolerant specimens.

5 Jan 2016 6 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

The face behind the PKK story

Every journalist who's visited the PKK's mountain stronghold in recent years knows Zagros Hiwa, reports Karlos...

22 Dec 2015 7 minute read

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The woman who saved a beach and sparked a movement

Alison Homewood meets the inspirational nonagenarian June Haimoff.

1 Oct 2015 4 minute read

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Future conditional: temporary refuge in Turkey

Emily Gowdey-Backus details one refugee’s story, set at the intersection of European immigration policy and...

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