Kurds
Turkey’s “Kobane trial” sentences Kurdish politicians to prison for decades
By Barış Demir
17 May 2024
A Turkish court announced its verdict Thursday in the “Kobane case.” 108 Kurdish politicians, 18 of them imprisoned, are on...
Turkey backs Sweden’s NATO membership amid escalating war against Russia
By Barış Demir
25 January 2024
A bill on Sweden’s accession to NATO was passed by the Turkish parliament Tuesday. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who paved...
NATO’s Prodigal Son Is Not Returning
By Selim Koru
Jul 31, 2023
NATO’s Vilnius summit appears to have gone well. To the delight of allies, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan came out...
Sweden abolishes its sovereignty and Turkey seems to go west (?)
Turkey’s Erdogan Agrees to Back Sweden’s NATO Membership
Stoltenberg says Erdogan agreed to submit Sweden's NATO bid to Turkey's parliament
Posted on July 10, 2023
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Sweden: No more terre d’ asyle. The progress of totalitarianism in...
Sweden jails Kurd for financing terrorism after Turkey calls for crackdown
By Paul Kirby
Jul 6, 2023
A Swedish court has jailed a Kurdish man for four-and-a-half...
Sweden: How NATO’s war is destroying Western Democracy
Sweden Approves Extradition of PKK Supporter to Turkey Amid NATO Bid
Turkey is seeking extraditions from Sweden as a condition to join NATO
June 12, 2023
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The house always wins: A take on Turkey’s elections
by Abdullah Bozkurt
May 14, 2023
No matter the results of Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections, nefarious, anti-democratic and unaccountable factions entrenched in Turkish institutions and...
Sanctions are killing people in earthquake-hit Syria
Rania Khalek of BreakThrough News explains how Western sanctions on Syria are leading to deaths, obstructing aid, and preventing reconstruction in the aftermath of...
Turkey-Syria earthquake: a catastrophe waiting to happen
By Joe Attard
07 February 2023
Early on the morning of Monday 6 February, a devastating earthquake shook the Middle East, ripping the Earth apart...
FIR is in solidarity with the victims of the earthquake disaster...
7 Feb 2023
The heavy earthquakes of the weekend in the Kurdish border area between Syria and Turkey have claimed nearly 5,000 lives according to...