Kurds
Bomb attacks, and into the background…. postponing the elections?
By Ilias Kouskouvelis* Erdogan’s plans to transform the Turkish political system into a presidential one, to enhance his powers and become himself a “sultan”, stopped on June 7, 2015. His party, the AKP, recorded one of the lowest electoral performances, 40.7%, nine whole points below the elections of June 12, 2011. Erdogan and his party […]
An Annan Plan for Turkey’s Kurds
By Marcus Templar Greek Cypriots, the majority population on the Island of Cyprus, overwhelmingly rejected a plan for reunification with the island’s small Turkish minority developed by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan in a referendum on April 24, 2004. The majority Greeks regarded the solution offered by Annan as impractical and unfair, while the […]
The Challenges of Nation-Building in the Syrian Arab Republic
By Harris Mylonas (POMEPS Briefing) Syria’s ongoing existential conflict is arguably related to its nation-building trajectory starting in the beginning of the twentieth century. What can theories of nation-building and state formation tell us about the origins of conflict as well as future of the Syrian state?
Stop the Massacre of Kurdish Civilians in Syria
Appeal to the International Community to protect multi-ethnic communities in Syria: We, the Kurdish political parties, organisations and community members in exile call upon the international community to protect the civilians of Northern Syria – Kurds, Arabs and other ethnicities and religious groups such as Assyrians, Armenians, Christians – against the brutal ethnic cleansing taking […]
Οι Κούρδοι προκαλούν τον Ταγίπ Ερντογάν και διοργανώνουν μεγάλες διαδηλώσεις
Ενώ ο υπουργός Επικοινωνίας της Τουρκίας Μπιναλί Γιλντιρίμ επέκρινε το ρόλο που διαδραματίζουν οι ιστότοποι κοινωνικής δικτύωσης στις αντικυβερνητικές διαδηλώσεις των τελευταίων εβδομάδων, το κύριο φιλοκουρδικό κόμμα της Τουρκίας ζήτησε να πραγματοποιηθούν πορείες το σαββατοκύριακο σε τρεις μεγάλες πόλεις ξεκινώντας έτσι τις διαμαρτυρίες που έχουν στόχο να αυξηθεί η πίεση στην κυβέρνηση για να εφαρμόσει μεταρρυθμίσεις στο πλαίσιο […]
Turkey’s Kurdish Arithmetic
By Ilan Berman, Contributor Of all the variables that dictate the fate of nations, demography might just be the most decisive. The pace of populations—how they grow, change and decline—helps shape a country’s political outlook, its internal makeup, and its place in the world. It can also provide useful insights into a nation’s foreign policy […]