Selahattin Demirtaş

October 12, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir |

Gaslighting Nations—Erdogan Makes a Mockery of U.N. General Assembly—Again

The term “United Nations,” which U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt coined in 1942, reflected a commitment, articulated in the Declaration of United Nations, to “defend life, liberty,...

July 30, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir, Sude Akgundogdu

Erdogan Escalates Turkish Campaign to Disenfranchise Six Million Pro-Kurdish Voters

Disenfranchising over 6 million pro-Kurdish voters and pushing some 40,000 party members out of democratic channels will hammer the final nail in the coffin of Turkey’s struggling democracy.

June 9, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir |

Turkey’s Pro-Kurdish Opposition Party in Ankara’s Crosshairs – Again

Turkey’s chief prosecutor submitted an expanded indictment on Monday in Ankara’s second attempt within three months to ban Turkey’s third-largest party, the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party...

March 3, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir |

Putin and Erdogan: Two Men Race to the Bottom

Russia’s and Turkey’s lack of a solid economic performance is what motivates their two leaders’ steady resorting to domestic oppression.

July 10, 2020 | Aykan Erdemir |

COVID-19 and Erdogan’s Power Consolidation

Since the rise to power of the Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey in 2002, its leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has used successive crises as pretexts to consolidate power that has...

April 28, 2020 | Philip Kowalski, Aykan Erdemir

In Turkey, Erdogan’s crackdown on Kurds takes no coronavirus break

It is clear that Turkey’s Kurds can expect no respite during the coronavirus public health crisis.

March 17, 2020 | Aykan Erdemir, Philip Kowalski

Turkish Government Responsible for Torture, Arbitrary Killings, and Disappearances

In its annual human rights report, released on March 11, the State Department documents egregious violations by the Turkish government, including arbitrary killings, suspicious deaths of persons in custody,...

June 26, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir |

Turkish Elections: A Win That Cannot Be Stolen

Turkey will go to the polls Sunday to elect both its president and the members of its 600-seat parliament. Confronted by a looming economic crisis as well as pressure from his allies on...

June 22, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir |

Turkish Elections: A Win That Cannot Be Stolen

Turkey will go to the polls Sunday to elect both its president and the members of its 600-seat parliament. Confronted by a looming economic crisis as well as pressure from his allies on the far r...

July 14, 2017 | Aykan Erdemir, Merve Tahiroglu

Turkey Defies Coup, But Not One-Man Rule

Last year, on July 15, the Turkish people defied a group of rogue soldiers who attempted a bloody coup d'état, killing...

January 26, 2017 | Aykan Erdemir, Merve Tahiroglu

Erdogan’s Further Consolidation Of Power Would Cement Turkey’s Demise

The Turkish Parliament passed constitutional...

November 6, 2016 | Aykan Erdemir |

Erdogan’s Latest Crackdown–and How Turkey’s Chaos Plays to Extremists’ Strengths

The Turkish government’s arrest of dozen lawmakers, including the co-leaders of the pro-K...

May 3, 2016 | Merve Tahiroglu |

Turkey Moves to Strip Kurdish Deputies’ Immunity

Turkey set the stage for stripping Kurdish parliamentarians of their immunity Monday, when a parliamentary committee...

May 19, 2015 | Merve Tahiroglu FDD Policy Brief |

Attacks Target Turkey’s Leftist Pro-Kurdish Party – Again

Explosions...