Kurdistan

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

The Istanbul Terror Attack May Force a Reckoning in Turkey’s Foreign Policy The Istanbul Terror Attack May Force a Reckoning in Turkey’s Foreign Policy

Ankara has already patched up relations with Israel and Russia—and Washington could be next.

Jul 6, 2016 / Juan Cole

Iraqi Kurdish Leader Calls for Redrawing Regional Borders—And Attacks Fellow Kurds

Iraqi Kurdish Leader Calls for Redrawing Regional Borders—And Attacks Fellow Kurds Iraqi Kurdish Leader Calls for Redrawing Regional Borders—And Attacks Fellow Kurds

Massoud Barzani praises Turkey’s authoritarian leader but has harsh words for the Turkish PKK and its Syrian Kurdish offshoot.

May 18, 2016 / Roy Gutman

protesters in Diyarbakir

Turkey Is Fighting a Dirty War Against Its Own Kurdish Population Turkey Is Fighting a Dirty War Against Its Own Kurdish Population

A report from behind the lines, as PKK rebels resist a ferocious government campaign to crush their uprising.

Mar 9, 2016 / Jesse Rosenfeld

Selahattin Demirtas

Ahead of Elections, Turkey’s Left Is Under Attack Ahead of Elections, Turkey’s Left Is Under Attack

As Erdogan’s war on the Kurdish minority expands to include the entire opposition, what started as solidarity between the Turkish and the Kurdish left has now become two fronts in ...

Oct 29, 2015 / Anna Lekas Miller

Turkey Has Its Own Ben Carson, and the Bad News Is That He’s Already President

Turkey Has Its Own Ben Carson, and the Bad News Is That He’s Already President Turkey Has Its Own Ben Carson, and the Bad News Is That He’s Already President

With Syria’s civil war to its south and renewed conflict in Kurdistan, Turkey faces growing instability. But perhaps the greatest threat is a Putin-style autocracy.

Oct 29, 2015 / Juan Cole

Kurdish guerrillas

Is Turkey Returning to Civil War? Is Turkey Returning to Civil War?

The cease-fire between the government and the Kurdish PKK has broken down, with increasing repression of the media and opposition political activists.

Sep 30, 2015 / Constanze Letsch

Selahattin Demirtas

Turkey Is Making the Kurds’ Fight Against ISIS Impossible Turkey Is Making the Kurds’ Fight Against ISIS Impossible

Turkey’s president has not only managed to weaken US support for its Kurdish allies, but his war is dividing the Kurdish front.

Aug 6, 2015 / Juan Cole

Female Kurdish Soldier

Are Leftist, Feminist Kurds About to Deliver the Coup de Grâce to ISIL in Syria? Are Leftist, Feminist Kurds About to Deliver the Coup de Grâce to ISIL in Syria?

We may very well see the faux caliph chased from his capital by feminist socialists.

Jun 26, 2015 / Juan Cole

How the War With ISIS Has Exposed Kurdistan’s Internal Divisions

How the War With ISIS Has Exposed Kurdistan’s Internal Divisions How the War With ISIS Has Exposed Kurdistan’s Internal Divisions

The West’s favorite Iraq “success story,” the Kurdish region is actually plagued with corruption and nepotism.

Apr 6, 2015 / Jenna Krajeski

Seven Worst-Case Scenarios In the Battle With the Islamic State

Seven Worst-Case Scenarios In the Battle With the Islamic State Seven Worst-Case Scenarios In the Battle With the Islamic State

The US is at war in the Middle East, again. What could possibly go wrong?

Oct 16, 2014 / Peter Van Buren

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