Ethnic groups in Turkey
Police kill man who sought to enter Newroz area in Turkey's Diyarbakır
A man who attempted to enter a square where Newroz celebrations were occurring in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır was shot and killed by police for allegedly trying to enter with a knife, Doğan News Agency has reported.
INTERVIEW: Cuma Çiçek on national, religious and economic fissures among Turkey's Kurds
Kurdish politics in Turkey and elsewhere is a notoriously complicated acronym soup of allied and competing groups. "The Kurds of Turkey: National, Religious and Economic Identities" by Cuma Çiçek charts a course through this bewildering landscape, complicating simple, homogenous ideas of "the Kurds."
The Kurds of Turkey: National, religious and economic identities
'The Kurds of Turkey: National, Religious and Economic Identities' by Cuma Çiçek (IB Tauris, 352 pages, £69)
Kosovo, Albania Condemn Macedonian President's Veto
Political leaders in Albania and Kosovo have condemned the decision on Wednesday by Macedonia President Gjorje Ivanov to refuse the offer of a mandate to the Social Democrat leader Zoran Zaev because of his alliance with Macedonia's ethnic Albanian parties.
Canadian Senator Leo Housakos urges his government to recognize the Pontian Greek Genocide
Portugal's offer to take Iraqi refugees from Greece rebuffed as favoritism
As a member of a persecuted minority in Iraq, 24-year-old Shaker Mahie has seen his people massacred, raped and scattered across a new continent. Now, the Yazidi - whose faith is older than Christianity - are at the center of a new European dilemma.
KRG PM: Military force to push PKK out of Sinjar may be used
Military force may be an option to fight the presence of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the Sinjar district near Mosul in northern Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani has said, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported on Dec. 24.
US Embassy in Turkey warns citizens ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations
The U.S. Embassy in Ankara has warned its citizens to be vigilant during upcoming holidays and New Year's Eve celebrations in Turkey, urging them to be mindful of attending public gatherings for both events due to increased security concerns across the country.
The friends of Kurds should be critical
Within the span of just a week, two terror attacks have killed dozens of police, soldiers and civilians, first in central Istanbul and then in Kayseri. The blast in Istanbul felt like an earthquake in my flat, which is located just a 10-minute walk from the site of the explosions.
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Terror and politics
The unending visits to the "Martyrs' Hill," the spot in Istanbul's Beşiktaş district where 44 people were killed in a bomb attack on Dec. 10, show the sensitivity that people from all parts of society have demonstrated against terror. That is the most important factor in our fight against terrorism.
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