Weekly Turkey Report: Third Week Of April – You can kill someone, but you cannot erase them
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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...
Weekly Turkey Report: First Week of April 2026 – Erdoğan is suffocating CHP
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CHP Bursa Metropolitan Mayor Mustafa Bozbey was detained along with...
Weekly Turkey Report: Fourth Week Of March – The War and The Peace
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A sweeping investigation coordinated by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's...
Weekly Turkey Report: Third Week Of March - A Political Bombshell: Justice Minister's Wealth Under Scrutiny
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While war dominates headlines around the world,...
Weekly Turkey Report: Second Week of January 2026 - CHP in Silivri
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The CHP held its weekly parliamentary group meeting in Silivri,...
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...
Weekly Turkey Report: Fourth Week of February 2026 - Öcalan calls for democracy
Peace Process & Domestic Politics
As the flames of war continue to burn...
Weekly Turkey Report: Second Week of February 2026 –The Construction of a "Monolithic" Turkey: Societal Transformation Under the Grip of Judiciary, Politics, and Economy
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Weekly Turkey Report: The End of January 2026 — Turkey Blocks Aid to Kobani
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A Turkey-backed jihadist offensive against Rojava catalyzed a new...
Weekly Turkey Report: Fourth Week of January 2026 – A New Kobane Moment for the Kurds
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Kobane once symbolized Kurdish resistance against ISIS...
Weekly Turkey Report: 3rd Week of January – Turkey Chooses the Sri Lanka Model
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The report argues that Ankara’s long-admired “Sri Lanka model”...
