Turkish opposition faces pressure over HDP as elections near
Many countries dream of a weakened and collapsed Türkiye and from the sidelines, FETÖ and the PKK terrorists also fervently hope President Erdoğan will...
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Many countries dream of a weakened and collapsed Türkiye and from the sidelines, FETÖ and the PKK terrorists also fervently hope President Erdoğan will...
Originally published October 2 at internationalsocialist.net. The killing of a young Kurdish woman in Iran has triggered a massive wave of upheaval, protests and strikes, threatening the whole regime. With global instability for the ruling classes growing, the whole region might once again becom
Since Erdoğan adopted a nationalist and militarist approach to reverse the results of the June 2015 elections, the Kurdish political movement has faced immense pressure. The line between the PKK and other non-violent political actors has blurred in the eyes of the elites in Ankara. Leaders and officials of the pro-Kurdish HDP have been arrested and the party has been demonized in the media. This paper aims to understand the motivation behind Erdoğan’s approach to the Kurdish question and explore the potential implications for the upcoming elections in June 2023.
The main function of the misnamed Socialist Union of Forces is to try to drive rising social opposition into the safe political channels and prevent the development of a genuine revolutionary socialist alternative for the working class.
For a century, the Kurds and other minorities in Turkey have been subject to state repression. With his dissertation "The Kurdish Question in Turkey", political analyst Ismail Kupeli presents a new research paper on the topic. Interview by Gerrit Wustmann