The virtual defenders of the ditches
This picture isn’t limited to Sur. In Cizre, Nusaybin, Silvan, Lice and elsewhere, again and again it is the same images, the same heartbreaking scenes. Those who can, hit the road with whatever meager belongings they have been able to grab. Everyone is trying to escape with their lives from this hell.
The purpose of the ditches
Before and after, and the right and left of the ditches there lie only death, devastation and destruction.
Vital rationality
Etyen Mahçupyan Many are still puzzled over why the declining vote share of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in the June 7 elections...
Behind the ditches
Very quickly, however, the ditches swallowed all such expectations. Ancient Diyarbekir, which used to be virtually an open air museum, is today under fire, including all its mosques, churches, museums, and old inns or hostels. The late Tahir Elçi had stepped out to protect the historical Minaret on Four Columns. Now the Paşa Bath and the Kurşunlu Mosque have burned down. Unfortunately it looks as if more will follow.
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The dramatic end in the opposition’s performance
The spectacular decline and subsequent increase of votes for the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in the last two elections naturally upset the...