ALI AKBAR DAREINI:Iran hard-liners come out against Iraqi-US deal
AP 12.05.2008 — Two hard-line newspapers seen as speaking for Iran's clerical establishment called Monday for Iraqis to oppose a strategic framework deal with the United States, Tehran's first public condemnation of the arrangement.
Shamal Mirza: PKK Justified its Struggle for Freedom One More Tims.
The fact that PKK is a movement of a nation which emerged deep inside the Kurdish elite is not a matter of denial, however it is clear for many people who familiar with the Kurdish issue that PKK appeared and developed as a result of historical necessity in the certain period of the time and its aim and goal has been also well-defined for these whom blind-folded their eyes in the reality of Kurdish people for many years.
Faruk Legoglu: Impunity: the dilemma of Turkish intellectuals
TZ 31.03.2008
Turkey is a country with an overloaded and fast-changing agenda. Every issue is of existential significance, whether it is the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the headscarf, the closure of political parties, the new constitution or the Social Security Law. Such a busy agenda naturally generates much debate and discourse, usually heated and controversial. The free discussion of societal problems is fitting, of course, for a democracy and essential for their healthy resolution. The question is whether we are exercising our freedoms, particularly those of expression and of thought, responsibly.
Kurdishaspect 29.03.2008 Celebration of Newroz in Atlanta had us, the organizers, very busy with little details of the programs. However, throughout the preparation time our focus was to make sure that everything was going right and trying our best to give the Kurdish people, and our guests a great time celebrating. Newroz is the Kurdish New year, but many other nationalities celebrate it as well. Like all other nations Kurds celebrate their New Year with picnics, dancing, and partying all filled with joy and love. In Atlanta, we did not short ourselves from partying. In fact we danced passed 1:00 o'clock of that morning. Dancing so hard most of the attendees were soar the next day.
A protest in Northern Ireland The sixth part of the serialisation of the book 'Conflict Resolution Lessons for Sri Lanka'. The fifth part was published on March 19.
Saif Badrakhan: New England Kurdish association Newroz
On March 22, the Kurdish community in New England celebrated Newroz, about 400 Kurds and their friends attended the celebration. The Newroz Party was sponsored and organized by New England Kurdish Association-NEKA. Kurds from all parts of Kurdistan attended the celebration.
Vincent Boland: Turkish government and old guard in showdown
Financial Times 24.03.2008
Eight months after being re-elected in a landslide victory, the Turkish government is locked in a power struggle with what has come to be called the “secularist establishment” – the army, the judiciary and the republican opposition.Ten days ago Abdurrahman Yalcinkaya, Turkey’s chief prosecutor, petitioned the constitutional court for the closure of the ruling Justice and Development party (AKP). He also demanded the banning from political activity for five years of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister, Abdullah Gul, the president, and 69 other senior party figures.
TDN 22.03.2008
The latest assault on the elected representatives of the Turkish people, as you might have noted, has come in the form of a judiciary coup d'état attempt. Turkey's chief prosecutor filed a case against the incumbent Justice and Development Party (AKP). He wants to close the party down, and ban 71 of its top members, including Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdošan, from politics.
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The fact that PKK is a movement of a nation which emerged deep inside the Kurdish elite is not a matter of denial, however it is clear for many people who familiar with the Kurdish issue that PKK appeared and developed as a result of historical necessity in the certain period of the time and its aim and goal has been also well-defined for these whom blind-folded their eyes in the reality of Kurdish people for many years.
TZ 31.03.2008
Turkey is a country with an overloaded and fast-changing agenda. Every issue is of existential significance, whether it is the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the headscarf, the closure of political parties, the new constitution or the Social Security Law. Such a busy agenda naturally generates much debate and discourse, usually heated and controversial. The free discussion of societal problems is fitting, of course, for a democracy and essential for their healthy resolution. The question is whether we are exercising our freedoms, particularly those of expression and of thought, responsibly.
Kurdishaspect 29.03.2008 Celebration of Newroz in Atlanta had us, the organizers, very busy with little details of the programs. However, throughout the preparation time our focus was to make sure that everything was going right and trying our best to give the Kurdish people, and our guests a great time celebrating. Newroz is the Kurdish New year, but many other nationalities celebrate it as well. Like all other nations Kurds celebrate their New Year with picnics, dancing, and partying all filled with joy and love. In Atlanta, we did not short ourselves from partying. In fact we danced passed 1:00 o'clock of that morning. Dancing so hard most of the attendees were soar the next day.
A protest in Northern Ireland
On March 22, the Kurdish community in New England celebrated Newroz, about 400 Kurds and their friends attended the celebration. The Newroz Party was sponsored and organized by New England Kurdish Association-NEKA. Kurds from all parts of Kurdistan attended the celebration.
Financial Times 24.03.2008
Eight months after being re-elected in a landslide victory, the Turkish government is locked in a power struggle with what has come to be called the “secularist establishment” – the army, the judiciary and the republican opposition.Ten days ago Abdurrahman Yalcinkaya, Turkey’s chief prosecutor, petitioned the constitutional court for the closure of the ruling Justice and Development party (AKP). He also demanded the banning from political activity for five years of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister, Abdullah Gul, the president, and 69 other senior party figures.
TDN 22.03.2008
The latest assault on the elected representatives of the Turkish people, as you might have noted, has come in the form of a judiciary coup d'état attempt. Turkey's chief prosecutor filed a case against the incumbent Justice and Development Party (AKP). He wants to close the party down, and ban 71 of its top members, including Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdošan, from politics.