To win the war against ISIS, the U.S. backed Kurdish forces in the north of Syria--the Kurds' Democratic Union Party (PYD) dominated the military front called the Syrian Democratic Forces that, with U.S. air support, conquered ISIS's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa. . But Washington's longtime ally..…
However, Turkey must be pardoned for everything as a member of NATO, an organization of democratic nations, as the media remind us. ..…
A member of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), the armed wing of the Kurdish Democratic Party (PYD), moves through destroyed buildings in Raqqah, Syria, July 28, 2017. ... Turkey and the United States have been accusing each other of supporting various terrorist groups in Syria...…
Ankara views the YPG as the Syrian branch of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group, which has been fighting for an autonomous region inside Turkey since 1984. . Members of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up of an alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters, gather..…
Ankara accuses PYD of having links with Kurdistan Workers Party militant group that has been fighting for Kurdish Turkey since the 1980s.. member of Kurdish People's Protection Units, part of Syrian Democratic Forces, holds her weapon in the village of Fatisah in Syrian of Raqqah on May..…
Iraqi authorities also plan to take control of the borders of the region of Kurdistan with Iran and Turkey, Iraqi Ministry of Defense said on September 29. In the governorate of Nineveh, for example, Kurdistan Democratic Party, controlled by Barzani family, replaced the mayors of two..…
The lifting of parliament members immunity was criticized by the Council of Europe's, Venice Commission, by Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, and by Monitoring Committee of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in June 2016 resolution on the functioning of..…
Reminding that EU had stressed that Turkey, as candidate country, needs to aspire to the highest possible democratic standards and practices, including freedom of the media, he added, Any country negotiating its EU accession needs to human rights, including freedom of expression, in line..…
“Violent extremism feeds on the frustrations of those forced to live under dictators who cannot be challenged by peaceful protests and democratic politics. In Turkey, the Erdoğan government’s shift toward a dictatorship is polarizing the population along sectarian, political, religious..…
But the list of countries with high restrictions also contains some that are widely seen as democratic, such as Turkey and Israel. ..…
We have to integrate this thinking into our strategies, whether we’re trying to undermine Islamist extremism, counter China’s anti-religion policy, or influence the Islamist political party that governs democratic Turkey. . ..…
“The federal government is closely following developments in Turkey. A stable, prosperous and democratic Turkey is in our interest,” German government spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer said. ..…
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