The PKK says the guns are falling silent. But disarmament is not peace.
Bese Hozat's warning exposes Ankara's real test: can Turkey turn a military breakthrough into a democratic settlement?

The PKK says the guns are falling silent. But disarmament is not peace.
Bese Hozat's warning exposes Ankara's real test: can Turkey turn a military breakthrough into a democratic settlement?
#Turkey police raid opposition TV station, halting live broadcasts
#Kurds #Syria #TurkeyWarCrimes #TurkeyInvasion #TurkeyOccupation #BoycottTurkey #Dictatorship #Surveillance #Censorship
The night is still "young" (unfortunately) here in the Levant. The Levant Files is following closely the "flames" in multiple theaters.
What Unites Us — Part 7: Dersim, the Last Sanctuary | By Musa Ergin
#Sayfo #SayfoGenocide #ArmenianGenocide #Dersim #Turkey #Turkiye #Alevi #Kurds #Syriacs #Turks #Armenians
TLF SPECIAL DISPATCH|THE KURDS WANT TO REDESIGN IRAN
Not independence. Not merely autonomy. Iran's Kurdish opposition is challenging Tehran's monopoly on power.
Could a decentralised Iran emerge from the war?
Lîstika Mezin 2
#kurdish #kurdistan #kurdi
#twitterkurds
#Kurds
Lîstika Mezin 2
Büyük Oyun 2
Das große Spiel 2
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#twitterkurds
#Kurds
The PKK says its last fighters have left Turkey. The political deadlock remains: Kurdish leaders want freedoms and guarantees. Ankara wants verified disarmament first. Who moves next?
Iraqi Kurds sees opportunities – and risks – in the withdrawal of US troops#Iran #Iraq #IraqWar #IraqiKurds #Kurdistan #Kurds #MiddleEast #USMiddleEastpolicy #USIran #USIranconflict #USIraqWar #USMiddleEast #WarinIran
Why “Free Palestine!” and Not Also “Free Kurdistan!”?
International law treats Palestinians as a population under foreign occupation. The Kurds, however, are classified as “national minorities”
#kurds #kurdistan #FREEPALESTİNE #middleeast
Entegrasyon = Asimilasyon 2
Li ser maseyê navê me hebû,
lê em tunebûn.
Peyman hatin îmzekirin;
Zimanê neteweyekî, çanda wê, azadiya wê,
têkoşîn û paşeroja wê,
li ser wê maseyê, ji bo çend kursiyên dewletê hatin firotin.
#kurdish #kurdistan #kurdi
#Kurds
In my latest article, I point out that Western powers exploited Kurdish fighters to defeat ISIS, only to abandon them and sacrifice Rojava's democratic self-governance to appease regional autocrats once the threat had subsided.
Syria's settlement with Kurdish-led forces faces a critical test following the killing of a soldier near Hasaka, a deadly prison fire, and escalating street tensions over local governance and language rights:
#Turkey seeks to prosecute pop star Mabel Matiz over same-sex dance scene
#Kurds #Syria #TurkeyWarCrimes #TurkeyInvasion #TurkeyOccupation #BoycottTurkey #Dictatorship #Surveillance #Censorship #LGBTQ
Dendias tells Brussels #Turkey poses a threat to #Greece as he calls for stronger European defence
#Kurds #Syria #TurkeyWarCrimes #TurkeyInvasion #TurkeyOccupation #BoycottTurkey #Dictatorship #Surveillance #Censorship