It is not easy to overturn the influence of 500 years of Turkish authority during which people have been marginalized, isolated and treated with utter disrespect. To change all of this requires a lot of work on the ground, and on the individual level as well. But what is promising is the zeal and determination of the activists in the area.
Comparing Emancipatory Struggles in North and West Kurdistan Read More »
It is all too clear what the justice system does. They protect the state and its criminals, only and above all else. In this case, the prosecutor’s sole responsibility has been to protect the police. We have told him this directly.
“Berkin was our heart, our brother, our comrade.” Read More »
The religious-conservative ideological imposition that women should behave according to their purpose of creation is the discourse that perpetuates violence against women.
Fighting the Violent Patriarchy in Turkey Read More »
The significance of the struggle in Kobanê cannot be overstated. But real international solidarity won’t come in the form of military intervention.
The False Friends of Rojava Read More »
Political struggles over the future of Turkey have left the country profoundly divided. Former Prime Minister, now President, Tayyip Erdogan, has fueled growing polarization through his authoritarian response to protests, his large-scale urban development projects, his religious social conservatism, and most recently, through his complicity in the Islamic State’s war against the Kurdish people in
After Gezi: Erdoğan And Political Struggle In Turkey Read More »
I feel I owe an explanation especially to the families of those who were killed during Gezi. No one should talk of justice until the killers and those responsible for the killings are punished.
The Woman in Red Speaks Read More »
