Mehmet Ali

Ankara court releases non-arrest assurance for senior PKK leaders

A heavy penal court in Turkish capital Ankara has released non-arrest assurances for dozens of senior figures involved with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

The court order applies to key PKK leaders currently living abroad, including Zübeyir Aydar and Remzi Kartal, on the condition of their return to Turkey within three months.

The legend of development

In the foreword of François Partant’s book “The End of Development,” Mehmet Ali Kılıçbay writes that development is a taboo, a fetish, almost a religion that is not to be discussed. “Underdevelopment is the childhood disease of certain countries and, by following Europe’s orthogenetic evolution, they will be cured of this.

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