Tag: Politics
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Zimanê Kurdî: Rewşa Wextê û Dîrokê Wî (Parçêye 1)
This is my first attempt to translate my articles into Kurdish. More plans will be made to add a Kurdish setting to the website. To read the article in English, click here! Click here to read part 2 in Kurdish! Gava ez di derbarê çandê Kurdî de fêr bûm û min biryar da ku ez…
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Abdullah Ocalan: His Life and Legacy (Part 2)
DISCLAIMER: This is part 2 of a series of articles about Abdullah Ocalan. To read part 1, please read here! Into the Trenches In the early 1970s, Ocalan and other Kurdish revolutionaries took the first steps toward building the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Forming from the mixture of Kurdish nationalism and leftist politics at the…
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Abdullah Ocalan: His Life and Legacy
Part 1: Birth of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) On February 15, 1999, Turkish forces captured Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), in Kenya. Afterward, the Turkish government placed him in Imrali Island Prison with a life sentence. Initially planning to issue the death penalty, Turkey changed the sentence to life in…
Dengê Çiyayên: Voice of the Mountains 