Russian regional media publish a plea from mothers, wives and sisters Wives and mothers from two small cities in the Urals, Serov and Severouralsk, came to the media in hopes of raising public awareness regarding the conditions that recently drafted soldiers are facing on the battlefield in the Russian-occupied territories …
Bêtir »For Kurdish youth in Turkey, autonomy is no longer enough
Diyarbakir’s Kurdish community has a long tradition of resistance. Many in the younger generation grew up with images of dead relatives – martyrs from the PKK-Turkey war of the nineties. By Dominique Soguel DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY — In her flowing dress, leather sandals, and sunglasses, Ozgur Yesha, whose name …
Bêtir »What kind of peace? The case of the Turkish and Kurdish peace process
Photo: Kurds demonstrate in Strasbourg calling for Ocalan’s release, February 2015. Demotix/ Jonathan Rae. All rights reserved. Past experience suggests that this unclarity about the peace process may once again open the door for brutal conflict. Turkey and the Kurds share the aim of ending their long-standing …
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