{"id":989,"date":"2022-03-02T12:05:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T11:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=989"},"modified":"2025-01-02T21:59:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T20:59:22","slug":"newsletter-february-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=989","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter February 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Sir or Madam,<br>Please find below our monthly newsletter.\u00a0<br>Kind regards\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Kariane Westrheim\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Commentaries #14: Kurdish Allies and Kurdish Enemies: Turkey\u2019s New War Against The PKK&nbsp;<\/strong>By Kamal Chomani and Dastan Jasim&nbsp;This paper focuses on the post-2015 Turkish warfare against the Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party PKK in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and the long-running relationship between the Turkish state and the ruling Barzani family. The commentary presents an overview of the interests behind the Ankara-Erbil coalition and the wider stakes in the current conflict It is argued that the Turkish military operations not only have taken a great toll on the civilian population of the KRI and the ecology of the region, but destabilizes the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. A full-blown civil war in the KRI between the PKK and KDP provoked by Turkey could be the final straw removing the last of the post-Islamic State stability in Iraq.<br><a href=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=982<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Statement by Peter Stano, Lead Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on the Council of Europe decision launching infringement proceedings for non-execution of ECHR judgment&nbsp;<\/strong>It is regrettable that the Turkish authorities have refused to execute the respective ECHR\u2019s ruling. Such attitude sets a worrying precedent and further increases the EU\u2019s concerns regarding Turkish judiciary&#8217;s adherence to international and European standards.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/eeas.europa.eu\/headquarters\/headquarters-homepage\/110462\/turkey-statement-spokesperson-council-europe-decision-launching-infringement-proceedings-non_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/eeas.europa.eu\/headquarters\/headquarters-homepage\/110462\/turkey-statement-spokesperson-council-europe-decision-launching-infringement-proceedings-non_en<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Statement by HDP Foreign Affairs Co-speakers Feleknas Uca and Hi\u015fyar \u00d6zsoy on Turkey\u2019s cross border operations against Kurdish majority areas of Syria and Iraq&nbsp;<\/strong>A return to peace negotiations in the context of the Kurdish issue is essential for Kurds, Turks, and other peoples of the Middle East and also beyond. It is also essential for the defeat of ISIS, which requires regional stability. Under these attacks, stability seems to be impossible.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/hdp.org.tr\/en\/more-deaths-and-destruction-in-turkeys-cross-border-attacks-in-iraq-and-syria\/16110\/#.Yfu5ElwnfNU.twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/hdp.org.tr\/en\/more-deaths-and-destruction-in-turkeys-cross-border-attacks-in-iraq-and-syria\/16110\/#.Yfu5ElwnfNU.twitter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Statement by HDP Foreign Affairs Co-speakers Feleknas Uca and Hi\u015fyar \u00d6zsoy on the decision of European Court of Human Rights regarding the immunity of HDP Deputies&nbsp;<\/strong>The Court ruled that the lifting of their immunities infringed their right of freedom of expression and freedom of assembly, in contravention of article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/hdpeurope.eu\/2022\/02\/european-court-rules-that-lifting-mp-immunities-contravenes-human-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/hdpeurope.eu\/2022\/02\/european-court-rules-that-lifting-mp-immunities-contravenes-human-rights\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EU Turkey Civic Commission<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eutcc.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.eutcc.net<\/a><br>Twitter: @EUTCC1<br>Facebook: Eu Turkey Civic Commission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Sir or Madam,Please find below our monthly newsletter.\u00a0Kind regards\u00a0 Prof. Kariane Westrheim\u00a0 Commentaries #14: Kurdish Allies and Kurdish Enemies: Turkey\u2019s New War Against The PKK&nbsp;By Kamal Chomani and Dastan Jasim&nbsp;This paper focuses on the post-2015 Turkish warfare against the&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=989\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1948,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989\/revisions\/1948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}