Erdoğan’s Dilemma: Preserving the Nationalist Alliance or Making Peace
By Nicholas Danforth October 17th, 2016, The Turkey Analyst Turkey's July 15 coup attempt has transformed the country's politics, and notably it has deepened a dangerous pre-existing dilemma. President...
View ArticleThe “Logic” of Turkey’s Repression
By Halil Karaveli November 10th, 2016, The Turkey Analyst What is the logic behind the arrests of Kurdish politicians and of liberal and leftist journalists in Turkey? From the perspective of the...
View ArticleTurkey is Expecting a Restart with the U.S.
By Halil Karaveli January 23rd, 2017, The Turkey Analyst The Kurdish question has, once again, complicated Turkish-American relations. The rhetoric of anti-Americanism remains useful to whip up and...
View ArticleUnder Pressure, the PKK May Once Again Resort to Terrorism
By Matus Jevcak September 24, 2018 The pressure of the Turkish security forces on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has been growing in recent months. After moving into the Kurdish enclave Afrin in...
View ArticleThe Kurdish "Other" and the American Enemy Ensure the Cohesion of Turkey's...
By Cengiz Çandar February 14, 2019 The perception of a Kurdish threat from Syria, abetted by the United States, has provided the Turkish regime with its raison d’être. It is the glue that holds the...
View ArticleDefying Denial: Turkey's Kurds and the March 31 Local Elections
By Gareth H. Jenkins March 27, 2019 Despite intense pressure from the Turkish state, including the imprisonment of a large proportion of its leadership, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is again...
View ArticleKurdish Mayoral Dismissals: Narrowing Political Spaces, Widening the Distance...
By Gareth H. Jenkins September 4, 2019 The removal of the democratically elected mayors of three municipalities in the predominantly Kurdish southeast of the country and their replacement with...
View ArticleSedat Peker and the Return of Turkey’s Violent Far Right
By Ryan Gingeras June 17, 2021 As the Turkish public grapples with the repercussions of a crippled economy and a grinding pandemic, Turkey’s twitter-sphere, as well as much of its press, remains...
View ArticleIs There Any Solution to Turkey’s Kurdish Problem?
By Halil Karaveli September 29, 2021 While a solution to the Kurdish problem will likely continue to remain out of reach, Turkey has no alternative but to muddle through, alternating between cautious...
View ArticleClosing Down Democracy – The Prosecution of the HDP
By Sarah Glynn March 10, 2022 Despite the Turkish government’s current efforts to portray itself as a peacemaker who cannot countenance unprovoked aggression, its assault on the Kurds continues both...
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