Turkey scholar Howard Eissenstat on the dynamics of Erdogan's enduring success
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was just re-elected president even though pollsters predicted that his rival would win.Turkey scholar Howard Eissenstat says that Erdogan, the country's most ski...
30 Touko 202332min
Syrian Kurdish leader Salih Muslim says Assad's return to Arab League is welcome, but won't amount to much
The co-chair of the main party governing Kurdish-led northeast Syria believes Arab engagement with President Bashar al-Assad of Syria may help secure a peaceful resolution to the Syrian conflict, prov...
18 Touko 202328min
Pro-Kurdish Green Left Party candidate Ceylan Akca says Turkish security forces are terrorizing Kurdish voters but will fail
Turkey's Kurds are poised to swing the outcome of the May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing the biggest challenge in his 20 years in uninte...
8 Touko 202324min
Former Sudan advisor to US government Cameron Hudson says US sanctions on Sudan's rival generals could have averted conflict
21 Huhti 202330min
Iraq expert Bilal Wahab says Turkey wants guarantees from Baghdad before allowing Kurdish oil exports to resume
Turkey and Iraq have been mired in a legal dispute over the export of Iraqi Kurdish oil through Turkish export terminals. Baghdad says the deal struck between Turkey and the Iraqi Kurds to sell oil is...
12 Huhti 202341min
Turkey analyst Merve Tahiroglu says Kurds will back opposition presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu to unseat Erdogan in first round
Turkey’s watershed elections on which the future of its crippled democracy hangs are due to be held on May 14. Opinion polls continue to point to a tight race making the outcome of the presidential an...
23 Maalis 202326min
Kurdish academic Mashuq Kurt says Erdogan's electoral alliance with Turkish Hizbullah offshoot a risky step
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan risks losing power for the first time in 20 years in elections that are to be held on May 14. He has turned to Huda par, an Islamist Kurdish party that has roots...
16 Maalis 202335min
Turkish commentator Cengiz Candar says Turkey's opposition will win elections overwhelmingly with Kurdish backing
Turkey will hold parliamentary and presidential elections on May 14. The outcome will determine whether Turkey can return to a more democratic path or plunge into full blown autocracy, or worse dictat...
10 Maalis 202325min
