Don’t expect major reforms from the Turkish state regarding Kurdish communities.
Is Turkey’s War Against the Kurds Over?
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PKK
Syria as Metaphor
When states dream, is Syria their nightmare?
Insights Into the Resistance Movement in Turkey (First in a Series)
After the recent Ankara bombing, a reporter on the Turkish resistance becomes a member.
The U.S. Is Betraying the Kurds — Again
Turkey’s offering Washington a fig leaf of cooperation against the Islamic State, but it’s turning all its firepower against the most effective anti-ISIS fighters in the region — the Kurds.
Behind Washington’s ‘Crackpot’ Deal with Turkey to Fight ISIS
Under the guise of fighting ISIS, Turkey’s president is re-igniting a bloody war with the Kurds for his own political purposes.
The Kurdish Elephant
In their latest deal to fight ISIS, Washington and Turkey are treating the Middle East’s largest stateless minority like pawns. That’s a huge mistake.
Women Up in Arms
From Mexico to Kurdistan, women resistance fighters have blazed a trail for new gender relations in some of the world’s most patriarchal societies.
Kobane: Hunger Strikes and Air Strikes
A former Syrian Kurdish MP is hunger striking in Washington for action in Kobane.
Here’s Everything Wrong with the White House’s War on the Islamic State
The Obama administration’s war plans in Iraq and Syria are illegal, ill-conceived, and destined to fail. Here’s what the U.S.—and you—can do instead.
Conflict Resolution 101: Talking With Hamas
If the U.S. wants to mediate a long-lasting peace in Israel-Palestine, it must negotiate with Hamas.