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Expert briefing
Publication date: 13 October 2017

On the same day, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem told his Russian counterpart that although the Kurds were “drunk” on US assistance, Damascus would not allow the violation…

Executive summary
Publication date: 19 August 2019

TURKEY: Policy of criminalising Kurds will intensify

Expert briefing
Publication date: 20 March 2018

It was just 58 days after Turkey launched an invasion aimed at seizing Afrin from Syrian Kurdish rebels whom Ankara regards as terrorists. Turks have been jubilant at what is…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 20 April 2018

Iraqi security forces took control of Kirkuk following a controversial independence referendum in September 2017. Since then, security in the area has deteriorated, with an…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 16 October 2019

Since the breakdown of the peace process with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in July 2016, Erdogan’s policy of all-out violence has to outward appearances smashed the Kurds’…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 12 January 2016

If it was a suicide bomb, that would point to Islamist militants rather than the secular Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its supporters, who have fought a bitter but losing…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 14 October 2015

No organisation has yet claimed responsibility for the worst terrorist attack in Turkey's history, but it is believed to have been carried out by Turkish nationals sympathetic to…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 11 June 2018

Turkey’s well-planned operation against PKK base in Iraq.

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