He sees an opportunity to take advantage of upheaval and thwart what Turkey sees as the growing threat of Kurdish nationalism in the region. If successful, it would boost Turkey’s aspirations to ...

where Kurdish nationalism had been relatively quiet during the first half of the 20th century. In 1946, Kurds in northern Iran took advantage of the postwar power vacuum to declare independence ...

a central aim as he seeks to thwart what he sees as the growing threat of Kurdish nationalism in the region. If successful, ...

The conference represents an affront to Syria’s territorial integrity and a provocation against Arab national unity,” Devlet ...

A highlight of the event is a special video address from Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani.

The MHP is intensely hostile to the PKK peace process and opposes concessions to Kurdish rights activists. Its ultra-nationalist paramilitary wing, the Grey Wolves, has been responsible for ...

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He works on the political economy of the MENA region, nationalism, and China in the Middle East. His book Nation and Class in the History of the Kurdish Movement (2022) covers over a century of ...