Turkey

Boğaziçi student protesters are taking on Erdoğan and they need our solidarity

Amid a crackdown on dissent and academic freedom by Erdoğan’s authoritarian regime, students in Istanbul stand defiant, reports Ceren Sagir
The EU is responsible for refugees on the Greek border

Refugees are being used as pawns in a geopolitical chess game, writes Shabbir Lakha
Syrian crisis set to grow deeper as NATO might extend involvement

We are now facing another moment of extreme danger which could extend Syria's suffering for years, says Chris Nineham
Stop Turkey's mass murder of Kurds say protesters in London

Tens of thousands of protesters demanded an end to the barbaric attacks on the Kurdish people by the Turkish army, reports Shabbir Lakha
Say no to war and invasion of Rojava - SPOT statement

Statement from Solidarity with the People of Turkey following Erdogan's invasion and airstrikes on northern Syria
Trump betrays the Kurds: never trust the imperialists

US and British imperialism will never be an ally for the liberation of people anywhere, writes Shabbir Lakha as Erdogan begins bombing northern Syria
Profiting from death and destruction: DSEI 2019

The world's worst arms dealers will be gathering to exhibit their instruments of death at London's ExCel Centre once again, writes Lucy Nichols
Cardiff rallies in solidarity with Kurdish hunger strikers

The Kurdish community and anti-war activists in Wales have mobilised to amplify the voices of Kurdish hunger strikers, reports Kevin Potter
Trump's Syria solitaire

The US's proposed withdrawal pushes the contradictions of Trumpism to breaking point, argues Hilary Stephenson
Turkey police attack Saturday Mothers vigil

A statement from Solidarity with the People of Turkey on the recent attack against the Saturday Mothers
Failed: what two decades of the refugee crisis could not teach Europe

Europe's failure to deal with the refugee crisis is resulting in more deaths in the Mediterranean and the growth of the far right argues Eleftheria Kousta
The Political Economy of the Kurds of Turkey - book review

Veli Yadirgi argues that there is a clear relationship between the intentional de-development of mostly Kurdish regions of Turkey and the Kurdish question, finds Adam Tomes
Scavenger capitalists - weekly briefing

Carillion’s spectacular demise reveals the brute vampirism at the heart of privatisation, writes Lindsey German
Journalism is not a crime. Statements against the Turkish state

We re-publish two statements responding to the 'state of emergency' in Turkey
Turkish Referendum: Erdoğan’s narrow win

The victory for the Yes campaign is far less than Erdoğan was hoping for and shows a country divided argues Shabbir Lakha
Against dictatorship: statement from Solidarity with the People of Turkey

The state of emergency and the so-called 'fight against terrorism' in Turkey has been used to silence anybody calling for peace and democracy
Turkey: Erbakan, Erdogan and after

Alastair Stephens finds lessons for the movement in his analysis of the recent coup attempt in Turkey
Failed coup, new clampdown

President Erdoğan is using the defeat of the coup in Turkey to repress opposition, as this analysis from the Turkish and Kurdish Centre Day-Mer explains
The EU is no friend to refugees

The EU is has a terrible record on it's treatment of refugees, argues Shabbir Lakha
May Day: protesters in Turkey take to the streets

Protestors in Istanbul denounce the draconian laws imposed on the people by the authoritarian regime of the AKP, reports Shabbir Lakha
The refugee narrative and the myth of the EU-Turkey deal

The language that politicians and the mainstream media use fuels right-wing ideologies, writes Shabbir Lakha
Migration and the edge of international law

Elliot Murphy argues that Britain leaving the EU means a break with Fortress Europe and allows the possibility of a coherent migration policy
The inconvenient truth about the massacre of the Kurdish people in Turkey

Western governments have ignored the breaches of human rights by the current government of Turkey
Turkey: the growing call for peace cannot be silenced

Turkish and Kurdish organisation Day-Mer has issued the following statement in response to the Ankara bombing
Protesting barbarity

Activists in London staged a big protest march against the shocking bomb attack on an Ankara peace rally. Chris Nineham reports and looks at the background
Why bombing Syria is a very bad idea

John Rees: UK bombing will increase the civilian death toll and the number of refugees, recruit to IS and strengthen Assad, and fuel the major powers’ arms race in the region. It is the very definition of a foreign policy disaster waiting to happen
Will there be an independent Kurdistan?

A Kurdish state would raise the hopes of millions of Kurds, change the geopolitics of the region and challenge the integrity of the existing states writes Alastair Stephens
John Rees: Kobane can be saved if Turkey opens its border to Kurds

John Rees of Stop the War Coalition says the Kurds could defeat IS if Turkey allowed the PKK fighters to cross the border with Syria and join the defence of Kobane
John Rees: solidarity with resistance of Kobane

John Rees speaking at the 'Support the resistance of Kobane against Isis attacks' protest in London's Parliament Square. Video by Shahrzad Shemirani
Day-Mer: Kobane needs international support

Nato member Turkey is effectively allowing Isis to destroy the Kurdish city of Kobane. This press release by Turkish Kurdish organisation Day-Mer, calls for international solidarity and for Turkey to allow Kurdish heavy weapons through to defend the city
Why Obama's airstrike alliance is no friend of the Kurds

The governments of the US, Turkey, Britain, Israel and the rest of the alliance for Iraq War III are no real defenders of Kurdish rights
Day-Mer Statement: Support the resistance of Kobanê against Isis attacks!

Turkish and Kurdish organisation Day-Mer have released the following statement condemning imperialist military intervention and calling for solidarity with the Kurdish people
The way to stop the Islamic State is a united, free Kurdistan - just what the US does not want

Western calls to arm the Kurds and bomb Iraq are both hypocritical and dangerous, argues John Rees
What's next for Turkey?

Erdogan has won Turkey's first presidential elections. But what is the future for Turkey with Erdogan as the nation's leader, and what do these elections signify?
Where has the resistance gone? Turkey between two elections

Volkan Aran looks at the prospects for the Left and the movement going into the Turkish presidential elections

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Amid a crackdown on dissent and academic freedom by Erdoğan’s authoritarian regime, students in Istanbul stand defiant, reports Ceren Sagir

Refugees are being used as pawns in a geopolitical chess game, writes Shabbir Lakha

We are now facing another moment of extreme danger which could extend Syria's suffering for years, says Chris Nineham

Tens of thousands of protesters demanded an end to the barbaric attacks on the Kurdish people by the Turkish army, reports Shabbir Lakha

Statement from Solidarity with the People of Turkey following Erdogan's invasion and airstrikes on northern Syria

US and British imperialism will never be an ally for the liberation of people anywhere, writes Shabbir Lakha as Erdogan begins bombing northern Syria

The world's worst arms dealers will be gathering to exhibit their instruments of death at London's ExCel Centre once again, writes Lucy Nichols

The Kurdish community and anti-war activists in Wales have mobilised to amplify the voices of Kurdish hunger strikers, reports Kevin Potter

The US's proposed withdrawal pushes the contradictions of Trumpism to breaking point, argues Hilary Stephenson

A statement from Solidarity with the People of Turkey on the recent attack against the Saturday Mothers

Europe's failure to deal with the refugee crisis is resulting in more deaths in the Mediterranean and the growth of the far right argues Eleftheria Kousta

Veli Yadirgi argues that there is a clear relationship between the intentional de-development of mostly Kurdish regions of Turkey and the Kurdish question, finds Adam Tomes

Carillion’s spectacular demise reveals the brute vampirism at the heart of privatisation, writes Lindsey German

We re-publish two statements responding to the 'state of emergency' in Turkey

The victory for the Yes campaign is far less than Erdoğan was hoping for and shows a country divided argues Shabbir Lakha

The state of emergency and the so-called 'fight against terrorism' in Turkey has been used to silence anybody calling for peace and democracy

Alastair Stephens finds lessons for the movement in his analysis of the recent coup attempt in Turkey

President Erdoğan is using the defeat of the coup in Turkey to repress opposition, as this analysis from the Turkish and Kurdish Centre Day-Mer explains

The EU is has a terrible record on it's treatment of refugees, argues Shabbir Lakha

Protestors in Istanbul denounce the draconian laws imposed on the people by the authoritarian regime of the AKP, reports Shabbir Lakha

The language that politicians and the mainstream media use fuels right-wing ideologies, writes Shabbir Lakha

Elliot Murphy argues that Britain leaving the EU means a break with Fortress Europe and allows the possibility of a coherent migration policy

Western governments have ignored the breaches of human rights by the current government of Turkey

Turkish and Kurdish organisation Day-Mer has issued the following statement in response to the Ankara bombing

Activists in London staged a big protest march against the shocking bomb attack on an Ankara peace rally. Chris Nineham reports and looks at the background

John Rees: UK bombing will increase the civilian death toll and the number of refugees, recruit to IS and strengthen Assad, and fuel the major powers’ arms race in the region. It is the very definition of a foreign policy disaster waiting to happen

A Kurdish state would raise the hopes of millions of Kurds, change the geopolitics of the region and challenge the integrity of the existing states writes Alastair Stephens

John Rees of Stop the War Coalition says the Kurds could defeat IS if Turkey allowed the PKK fighters to cross the border with Syria and join the defence of Kobane

John Rees speaking at the 'Support the resistance of Kobane against Isis attacks' protest in London's Parliament Square. Video by Shahrzad Shemirani

Nato member Turkey is effectively allowing Isis to destroy the Kurdish city of Kobane. This press release by Turkish Kurdish organisation Day-Mer, calls for international solidarity and for Turkey to allow Kurdish heavy weapons through to defend the city

The governments of the US, Turkey, Britain, Israel and the rest of the alliance for Iraq War III are no real defenders of Kurdish rights

Turkish and Kurdish organisation Day-Mer have released the following statement condemning imperialist military intervention and calling for solidarity with the Kurdish people

Western calls to arm the Kurds and bomb Iraq are both hypocritical and dangerous, argues John Rees

Erdogan has won Turkey's first presidential elections. But what is the future for Turkey with Erdogan as the nation's leader, and what do these elections signify?

Volkan Aran looks at the prospects for the Left and the movement going into the Turkish presidential elections