Statement: Election in Turkey

Dear Sir or Madam,Please find attached our statement regarding the run-off election in Turkey.If you need further information, don’t hesitate to contact us. Kind regards Prof. Kariane Westrheim EUTCC Chairperson  Statement on the run-off election in TurkeyRecep Tayyip Erdoğan was declared the winner… Continue reading

EUTCC Newsletter April 2023

Dear Sir or Madam,Please find below our monthly newsletter.Kind regards  Prof. Kariane Westrheim  Chairperson  Our statement on the wave of arrests against journalists, lawyers, artists and politicians in Turkey in the run-up to the elections http://eutcc.net/?p=1381 Statement by HDP Foreign Affairs… Continue reading

Press release

Wave of arrests in Turkey Police raids took place in several cities today. More than 150 people, among them numerous journalists, lawyers and politicians were arrested. This marks a new and worrying stage in the election campaign, showing that Erdoğan’s… Continue reading

Commentaries #24

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Colonial continuities in the Kurdish liberationBy Jan Yasin Sunca, Bielefeld University Executive summary:  his commentary seeks to examine the extent to which Kurdish liberation projects are free from the global colonial continuities. While the discussion on colonialism and Kurdistan typically… Continue reading

17th Int. Conference

17th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “THE EUROPEAN UNION, TURKEY, THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE KURDS” Brussels, European ParliamentWednesday 8th March – 15.30 – 18.30Thursday 9th of March – 09.30 – 18.30 PATRONS ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS DESMOND TUTUNobel Peace Prize Laureate, South Africa… Continue reading

Commentaries #23

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The Implications of Turkish Interventions in Rojava for US and EU Foreign Policiesby Dr. Veysi Dağ, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and SOAS Executive summary:  This essay focuses on the anti-intellectualism in Turkey in relation to the oppression, persecution, and discrediting… Continue reading

Commentaries #22

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Anti-intellectualism and discrediting of critical academics in Turkey: an approach to the Turkish-Kurdish conflictby Serhat Tutkal, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Executive summary:  This essay focuses on the anti-intellectualism in Turkey in relation to the oppression, persecution, and discrediting of critical… Continue reading

Commentaries #21

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Kurdistan under new qttacksby Terry Saltsmann and Prof. Michael Gunter  The Turkish November 19, 2022, attack on Rojava dubbed Operation Claw-Sword was reputedly launched in retaliation for the earlier November 13 bomb attack on Istanbul’s sleek shopping district known as… Continue reading

Statement on Paris Attack

Dear Sir or Madam,Please find below our statement regarding the attack against Kurds in Paris. Kind regards Prof. Kariane Westrheim EUTCC Chairperson  STOP TURKEY’S ATTACKS ON EUROPEAN SOIL Only two weeks before the 10th anniversary of the assassination of Kurdish politicians Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla… Continue reading

Newsletter November 2022

Dear Sir or Madam,Please find below our monthly newsletter.Kind regards  Prof. Kariane Westrheim  Chairperson  EUTCC Statement  Stop Turkey’s military offensive  http://eutcc.net/?p=1192 EUTCC Urgent Panel Debate  The speakers will look at the report of IPPNW on the use of chemical weapons… Continue reading

EUTCC Urgent Panel Debate

The Turkish Republic and its Kurdish Question: A War Without Borders 8 December7 pm (CET) Zoom On 26 November, Turkey launched another military offensive against the Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria, initially via air strikes. Dozens of civilians were… Continue reading

Statement

Stop Turkey’s military offensive  November 20th Turkey launched a new offensive against the area of the Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Many civilians were killed, a hospital and grain depots were destroyed.  With this offensive, the… Continue reading

Statement

STOP TURKEY’S ILLEGAL AND INHUMANE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS On 18 October 2022, footage of HPG fighters was released showing symptoms consistent with lethal poisoning by chemical agents.  Only a few days earlier, Dr. Jan van Aken and Dr. Beppe Savary-Borioli,… Continue reading