September 18, 2007
Kurdistan is safe, orderly, and bustling with economic development. It's what we hoped Iraq would become. And it's time to make sure it stays that way.
13 March 2006
BRUSSELS — A report from the Belgian ambassador in Turkey has poured cold water on suspicions that the death of the parents of Kurdish activist Derwish Ferho was the work of a death squad.
Sat Dec 10, 3:30 PM ET DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syrian security forces dispersed a Kurdish protest in Damascus organized to coincide with the UN-designated International Human Rights Day, an AFP correspondent said.
Fri Apr 7, 2006 10:36 AM ET
By Shamal Aqrawi
ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Writer Kamal Karim came away with a troubling lesson from his Kurdish homeland in northern Iraq -- an opinion can get you a 30-year jail sentence.
July 16, 2008 | By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
BAGHDAD — The entire bloc of Kurdish lawmakers walked out of Iraq’s Parliament on Tuesday to protest a proposed provincial election law, contending that part of it was unconstitutional.
Wednesday, 01 August 2007
The two men were charged with subverting national security. Their lawyers have 20 days to appeal before they die by hanging. Government crackdown intensifies as nine journalists languish in Iranian jails.
July 30, 2007
The deputies and executives of the DTP met for three hours in Ankara Sunday.
An "anniversary" of a "war" is in many ways the least useful occasion on which to take stock of something like the Anglo-American intervention in Iraq, if only because any such formal observance involves the assumption that a) this is, in fact, a war and b) it is by that definition an exception from the rest of our engagement with that country and that region.
Monday, April 7, 2008 | Cengiz ÇANDAR
The outside view on Turkey gives a more accurate picture than overheated discussions inside. In fact, looking at events from the inside bears a danger of being lost among the trees, while it is possible to see the entire forest from the outside. The Economist magazine is one of the best to present a clear picture of Turkey, because of its fame and prestige in the eyes of democratic public opinion, politicians and business circles in international communities.
