Kurds

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   

It is with deep sadness and horror that we learn of the death of Mehmet Aksoy who has been killed in the fight against Islamic State on 26 September 2017

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

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

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

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

The deranged expansionist policies of Nato are implicated in the wars in Gaza, Ukraine and Iraq argues Chris Nineham

Lindsey German on a BBC TV panel show making the case against intervention in Iraq by the United States and Britain

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

Farsi translation of 'The rise and rise of the Islamic State' by Sami Ramadani

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

As civil war, imperial intervention and sectarianism threaten to undermine the Syrian uprising the Kurds, up until now a lesser actor, appear to be moving towards centre stage, argues Alastair Stephens