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

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

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

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