Tag: Ergun Babahan

Third Week Of April: You can kill someone, but you cannot erase them

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...

How Trump and Netanyahu tried but failed to get the Iranian Kurds to join the US-Israel War against Iran

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...
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First Week of April 2026: Erdoğan is suffocating CHP

Weekly Turkey Report: First Week of April 2026 – Erdoğan is suffocating CHP   Executive Summary:  CHP Bursa Metropolitan Mayor Mustafa Bozbey was detained along with...

Second Week of March 2026 – CHP in Silivri

Weekly Turkey Report: Second Week of January 2026 - CHP in Silivri   Executive Summary      The CHP held its weekly parliamentary group meeting in Silivri,...

First Week of March 2026 – İmamoğlu trial starts

  Weekly Turkey Report: First Week of January 2026 - İmamoğlu trial starts Istanbul Municipality Trial: Proceedings Begin with 402 Defendants A trial arising from an investigation...

Fourth Week of February 2026: Öcalan calls for democracy

Weekly Turkey Report: Fourth Week of February 2026 - Öcalan calls for democracy   Peace Process & Domestic Politics As the flames of war continue to burn...

1st Week of February 2026: “Right to Hope” talk, arrests in practice

Weekly Turkey Report: First Week of February 2026 – “Right to Hope” talk, arrests in practice It is alleged that three Romani boys were handed...

The End of January 2026: Turkey Blocks Aid to Kobani

Weekly Turkey Report: The End of January 2026 — Turkey Blocks Aid to Kobani Executive Summary A Turkey-backed jihadist offensive against Rojava catalyzed a new...

3rd Week of January: Turkey Chooses the Sri Lanka Model

Weekly Turkey Report: 3rd Week of January – Turkey Chooses the Sri Lanka Model   Executive Summary The report argues that Ankara’s long-admired “Sri Lanka model”...

2nd Week of January: Peace by Beating the Kurds

Weekly Turkey Report: 2nd Week of January 2026 – Peace by Beating the Kurds Executive Summary Türkiye entered the new year amid an Ankara-backed assault in...

1th Week of January 2026: Gülen Movement Labeled “Terrorists,” ISIS Treated as “Suspects”

Weekly Turkiye Report: 1th Week of January 2026: Members of the Gülen Movement Labeled “Terrorists,” ISIS Members Treated as “Suspects” Executive Summary Turkey was shaken...

4th Week of December: Erdoğan Shifts the Agenda with Drug and Betting Operations

Weekly Turkey Report: 4th Week of December 2025: Erdoğan Shifts the Agenda with Drug and Betting Operations Executive Summary Turkey spent the week with drug,...

3rd Week of December: Parties Respect the State’s Red Lines on the Kurdish Issue

Weekly Turkey Report: 3rd Week of December 2025: Parties Respect the State’s Red Lines on the Kurdish Issue Executive Summary Turkey’s main political parties continued...