Posts Tagged: Erdogan Kurds
Turkey’s Pro-Kurdish Party Closure Case Worries US, Europe
The United States and Europe have criticized a move by Turkey towards banning the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), a week before EU leaders are...
Turkey, the Kurds, and the ‘Gara Affair’: How Not to Rescue Hostages
The “Gara Affair” will be recalled by both Turks and Kurds as a dark moment in their histories. It entailed a disastrous rescue operation meant...
Prominent Advocates for Kurdish Rights Publish NY Times Ad Urging Break With Turkey’s Erdogan
Marking the first anniversary of Turkey's invasion of northern Syria, the advocacy group Justice for Kurds (JFK) ran a double-page advertisement in Friday's print edition...
Turkey Ousts Elected Officials in New Offensive Against Kurds
Turkey on Monday replaced Kurdish mayors with state officials in three cities and detained more than 400 people for suspected militant links, the Interior Ministry...
Iran Rejoices Over Defeat of ‘Second Israel,’ as Netanyahu Urges Support for Kurds
The chief of staff to the Iranian regime's "supreme leader" said on Tuesday that a US-Israeli "plot" to create a "second Israel" in Iraqi Kurdistan...
US Jewish Leaders Express Support, Empathy for Kurds in Wake of Independence Vote
Several American Jewish leaders and organizations have expressed their affinity with Kurdish aspirations following Monday's independence referendum in the Kurdish regions of northern Iraq, in...
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Jews Have ‘Special Obligation’ to Support Kurdish Independence
One of the most prominent Western champions of Kurdish national rights has praised Monday's referendum on independence as the expression of a "just" desire on the part of...
‘The Jewish People Know What It Is to Struggle for an Independent Homeland:’ Israelis of All Stripes Embrace Kurdish Vote on Independence
As five million Kurds in northern Iraq prepare for Monday's historic referendum on independence, Israelis from across the political spectrum continue to embrace the prospect...
Assyrian Statehood Would Help Kurdish-American Relations
JNS.org - President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban against citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries has been met with a growing backlash in the Middle East. To take one...
Erdogan Will Never Defeat the Kurds Through Violence
Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan has claimed that military operations against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will continue until “the very last rebel is killed.” What...
