Aren’t we going to question “why did these 1552 people die”? The Diyarbakır Branch of Human Rights Association (İHD) has just released a new report, publishing the results of the last year war between the Turkish government and the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party). According to İHD’s report, between 24 July 2015-24 July 2016, 1552 people […]
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My Speech on Yazidi Women
My Speech on Yazidi Women I met her on a dark night, in Baadre, a Yazidi village, on the border of Mosul, in Iraq. It was the beginning of 2015. She was staying with other women who were saved from Islamic State, ISIS. Baadre was one of the biggest Yazidi village in South Kurdistan. The […]
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Curfews in Turkish Kurdistan
Curfews in Turkish Kurdistan It was last January. I was in Brussels for a European Parliament meeting. A European journalist asked me about the curfews in Turkish Kurdistan. He told me that there were also curfews in Paris after the ISIS attack. He did not understand why Kurdish people were so angry about the curfews. […]
WHY CAN’T WE FIT GAYS AND TRANSSEXUALS INTO THIS HUGE WORLD? We fit murderers, thieves, rapists, child-abusers and any kind of foulness in this world. Why cannot we fit gays and transsexuals who do not have any designs on the rights of others? Why don’t we “stand up” for Hande as well, as we did for Özgecan? […]
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Living with the Curse of the Armenians
Living with the Curse of the Armenians Nurcan Baysal Translated by Nathalie Alyon Published in Journal of Levantine StudiesVol 5.2 Special Edition: The Armenian Genocide http://www.levantine-journal.org/Sneak+Peak+dock-ument+from+Vol+52_h_hd_147_18.aspx My great grandmother Ayşe Teyfur—my “Nene”—passed away in October 2014, at the age of 104. Despite growing up with her, I couldn’t communicate with my Nene in conventional ways—she didn’t speak Turkish […]
WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN DİYARBAKIR’S SUR DISTRICT SINCE FEBRUARY 4, 2016? When are we going to raise our voices, if not now? 15. Apr. 2016 von Filiz Karahasanoğlu February, 3rd, 2016. After the ban which lasted for several weeks in 9 neighborhoods of Sur was lifted for a few hours, some families used the […]