Weekly Turkey Report: Third Week Of April – You can kill someone, but you cannot erase them
Executive Summary:
New details have emerged in the investigation into the disappearance six years ago of Gülistan Doku, a university student in Tunceli (Dersim). A confidential witness has alleged that Doku was raped, became pregnant, and was subsequently shot in the head and killed by the Governer’s...
At the start of the now on-hold US-Israeli war against Iran on February 28, 2026, this author speculated on whether or not the United States and Israel would be able to entice the Iranian Kurds’ small, poorly armed, and divided militias numbering possibly 6-10,000 fighters—largely sheltering just across the border from Iran in northern Iraq where they had been chased years earlier by the...
Zbigniew Brzeziński notes that between 1914 and 1990 “mega-deaths” are estimated to have reached 187 million—roughly 9 percent of the world’s population at the...
One of the principal factors that has shaped the Muslim world’s general philosophy of history is the distinctive historical period known as Asr al-Saʿāda...
Just as sacred texts are subjected to tafsir, human-authored historical texts may also be interpreted through a similar process. Tafsir is a form of...
The Medina Charter — Introduction
The Medina Charter first drew my attention thirty-five years ago (1991). In the time since, it has regularly surfaced in...
In the ongoing debate in France about “republic versus democracy,” a common consensus has emerged: the republic answers the question “who will govern,” while...
Last month, a striking development emerged from the Turkish Parliament: a legislative proposal concerning Qur’anic translations (meals) was approved. One of the proposed amendments...
One of the most brutally felt dimensions of the sociopolitical crisis currently engulfing the Muslim world is the economy. Although economics is merely one...
It is evident that the Muslim world is experiencing a profound and widespread crisis. While the crisis manifests differently across regions, its core nature...
