Zahit Mungan, a kite producer from the southeastern province of Mardin who has participated in many international kite festivals, expressed support for the Sept. 12 referendum with a kite.
A recent statement by Murat Karayılan, a senior leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), who said the state made a deal with jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan so that the PKK would declare a cease-fire, is a striking one.
Ramadan is a sad time for Bosnians living in refugee camps in Bosnia. Angelina Jolie and her partner, Brad Pitt, visited these camps in April and were deeply touched by the experience.
When I heard Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek say on a TV program that the mother of Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu is of Armenian origin, my face flushed.
One of the two important arms of the Kurdish identity movement is the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), while the other is the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP).
Jailed PKK leader AbdullahÖcalan’s statement that Kurds have been left to their own will concerning their votes in the upcoming referendum is like saying “rise” to the sun as it is already rising.