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
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
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
Dear Sir or Madam,Please find below our monthly newsletter.Kind regards Prof. Kariane Westrheim Chairperson Final resolution 17th EUTCC Conference The Annual International Conference on the EU, Turkey, the Middle East and the Kurds was hosted by the EU Turkey Civic Commission… Continue reading
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
The Annual International Conference on the EU, Turkey, the Middle East and the Kurds was hosted by the EU Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC) in cooperation with the The Left Group, the Greens-European Free Alliance (GREENS/EFA), the Groups of the Free… Continue reading
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
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
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
Dear Sir or Madam,Please find below our monthly newsletter.Kind regards Prof. Kariane Westrheim Chairperson Happy New Year The New Year has started. For Turkey, the Kurds & the Middle East, the question is whether dictatorships and wars will dominate the year… Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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