Voters in Kirkuk face another election shaped by ethnicity not policy
When campaign banners went up across Kirkuk this autumn, they told a familiar story. The Kurds spoke to the Kurds, the Arabs to the Arabs, and the Turkmen to the Turkmen. Each community ran its own candidates, held its own rallies, and promised to defend its own part of the city. In a place once […]
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The Struggle and Revival of the Kurdish Language
Once whispered in secret and prohibited from even the simplest outdoor conversations, the Kurdish language has long shared the struggle of its people–enduring repression, exile, and erasure. Today, as a result of decades of struggle, it is beginning to carve out a fragile presence in the world, finding its voice in the context of new […]
How Turkey’s 2025 Mining Law reshapes land, law, and resistance
A new omnibus bill is currently being debated in the Turkish parliament, with five articles approved as of July 17, 2025. Officially titled the “Bill on Amending Certain Laws” (2/3159) but referred to by the public as the “Süper İzinli Talan Yasası” (literally, the “Super Permit for Plundering Law,” amplifying the bill’s enabling of environmental […]