A Cyclops on Mount Kaf
The PKK turns out to have never really reconciled itself to unarmed politics. A discourse of peace may frequently be deceptive, and may lead those who appropriate it to lose touch with reality. It is the easiest thing on earth to come up with a discourse of peace, whereas a practice of peace is extremely difficult.
The AK Party after its congress
The AK Party, after acting as the ruling power for 13 years without an interval, signaled in the fifth party convention that it will...
First the PKK has to silence its guns
It is unclear how far this escalation of attacks and ambushes can go, and how many more lives it can claim. It has to stop. The PKK must silence its guns immediately. If it does so, an atmosphere suitable to talks may be revived. It may be possible to return to the negotiation table.
To make Cizre into another Kobane
Having supported and cleared the way for the PKK at Kobane, the West is now playing it as a “terror card” against Turkey. Kobane appears to have served as a laboratory for adapting the PKK to this objective.
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The West’s critical support for Erdoğan
We were in Şanlıurfa earlier this month as a part of a Center for Public Policy and Democracy Studies (PODEM) project. This historic city,...