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Ertuğrul Kürkçü

Ertuğrul Kürkçü

Ertuğrul Kürkçükurkcu@bianet.org
The long and hot summer ahead
Ertuğrul Kürkçü
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The long and hot summer ahead
The long and hot summer ahead
Military operation plans extending beyond the borders of Iraq and Syria will not only fuel the possibility of conflict between combatant forces and the Turkish Armed Forces but also bring up the possibility of a military maneuver that will encircle Northern Kurdistan, starting from the border towns, effectively turning Kurdistan into a war zone.
15 March 2024
'Shamelessness'
'Shamelessness'
The attitude that Erdoğan and his closest companions have in the face of the "fabricated video" scandal, that the state is addressing the public with lies and with falsifications, risks a total attack on society's sense of reality. The near and serious threat is this.
24 May 2023
The new task: 'To contribute the reintegration process, to recover the lessons of the Cuban revolution'
LEFT TIDE IN LATIN AMERICA-III
The new task: 'To contribute the reintegration process, to recover the lessons of the Cuban revolution'
Adler: "The challenge is to reintegrate the forces of the Latin American left, to heal the wounds inflicted by the US "hybrid war". Our fundamental role —and fundamental responsibility is to contribute to this process and to recover the lessons of the Cuban Revolution for the peoples.
10 November 2022
An International to accompany the continental rise of the Left
LEFT TIDE IN LATIN AMERICA-II
An International to accompany the continental rise of the Left
Latin American left can play a critical role in the building of Progressive International as a protagonist rather than a patron; it can be an active and equal participant in a common front to be established with all the progressive forces of the world.
9 November 2022
David Adler: "A new vision that is feminist, ecologist, and pluralist"
LEFT TIDE IN LATIN AMERİCA-I
David Adler: "A new vision that is feminist, ecologist, and pluralist"
"The 'rise' of the left in Latin America should be understood as a new 'wave' of democratization that ousts authoritarianism from power to reclaim the rights afforded by progressive governments at the turn of the new millennium. But it is not a pure restoration, it updates their vision."
8 November 2022
Erdoğan is 'flexing muscles'
Erdoğan is 'flexing muscles'
The "cross-border operation," the "Gezi Trial," and the "lynch attempt" against Garo Paylan are just the opening moves. It is almost certain that 2022 and 2023 will be full of similar attempts with increased numbers and violence. More than not being frightened by "muscle flexing" is needed for an effective opposition.
28 April 2022
Ehm?!
KÜRKCÜ ON EU LEADERS' VISIT TO ERDOĞAN
Ehm?!
It is a known secret that Brussels is also aching for relations with Ankara getting rid of the limitations of the "Copenhagen Criteria" and moving towards lucrative topics.
9 April 2021
The 'disproportionate power' of the Demirtaş judgment
ERTUĞRUL KÜRKÇÜ PENNED
The 'disproportionate power' of the Demirtaş judgment
With its political implications, the Grand Chamber decision gains historical-political importance beyond Demirtaş's freedom.
25 December 2020
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Q&A with Salih Muslim on Syrian Kurds' deal with Damascus: 'We'll not give up our gains'
12 March 2025
Q&A with Salih Muslim on Syrian Kurds
Turkey to set up cybersecurity authority with sweeping powers as new law passes
13 March 2025
Turkey to set up cybersecurity authority with sweeping powers as new law passes
Turkey's independent media protest Google over ‘algorithmic censorship'
13 March 2025
Turkey
Turkey to 'closely monitor' implementation of Damascus-SDF agreement
13 March 2025
Turkey to
Construction of mosque halted in historic Syriac village
13 March 2025
Construction of mosque halted in historic Syriac village
Turkey and the "Third Reich" in the mirror of Russia
Turkey and the "Third Reich" in the mirror of Russia
Should not those who recall the lessons of history only when Erdoğan has knocked on the gates of their sphere of influence with a so-called "United Army of Turan", now weigh their part in the impending catastrophe in the scale of history?
23 October 2020
Kurds' exclusion from Geneva -for whose benefit?
PENNED BY ERTUĞRUL KÜRKÇÜ
Kurds' exclusion from Geneva -for whose benefit?
Relating the SDC's exclusion from the Geneva Conference and the Constitutional Committee with Turkey's counter-lobbying efforts alone would be an oversimplistic conclusion
23 August 2020
1 Million Refugee Workers Laid-off Amidst COVID-19 Crisis
PENNED BY ERTUĞRUL KÜRKCÜ
1 Million Refugee Workers Laid-off Amidst COVID-19 Crisis
The killing of young worker Ali al-Hemdan at a police checkpoint mars the already depressive mood prevailing among Turkey's millions of precarious and informal Syrian refugee workers fatally hit by the COVID-19 crisis.
30 April 2020
Opposition Challenges the AKP-MHP Coalition's Covert Amnesty for Ordinary Crimes
PENNED BY ERTUĞRUL KÜRKÇÜ
Opposition Challenges the AKP-MHP Coalition's Covert Amnesty for Ordinary Crimes
Alongside discriminating against political dissidents, the bill entitles intelligence services take inmates out of prison for further interrogation, posing them to the risk of possible torture and mistreatment.
15 April 2020
Fighters From 10 Countries Follow Rojava Kurds to Respond Guterres's Call for Immediate Global Cease-Fire
PENNED BY ERTUĞRUL KÜRKCÜ
Fighters From 10 Countries Follow Rojava Kurds to Respond Guterres's Call for Immediate Global Cease-Fire
UN Secretary General Guterres Friday called people for "citizen action" to add their voice by signing a petition started by social media networking site Avaaz, to further the call for a worldwide ceasefire."
4 April 2020
Ruling Coalition Determined to Exclude Political Prisoners from The COVID-19 "Amnesty"
PENNED BY ERTUĞRUL KÜRKÇÜ
Ruling Coalition Determined to Exclude Political Prisoners from The COVID-19 "Amnesty"
The ruling coalition's draft bill to protect inmates from COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey's already overloaded prisons, faces strong reaction by the opposition parties for discriminating against poltical prisoners and "criminals of thought".
3 April 2020
COVID-19: An Ironical Justification for a Truce on Erdoğan’s Western Front
PENNED BY ERTUĞRUL KÜRKÇÜ
COVID-19: An Ironical Justification for a Truce on Erdoğan’s Western Front
The pandemic, while killing the neglected subjects of nation states, ironically saves Erdoğan from another embarrassment and provides him and his European adversaries the justification for burying axes out of a cynical war on the Western Front.
29 March 2020
Heading for a New Challenge...
ERTUGRUL KURKCU BİDS FAREWELL TO BIANET
Heading for a New Challenge...
The right to stand candidate in coming elections, that I was only able to attend as the longest week in Turkey's history is drawing to an end, is a far more personal position than even that of a political party leader. It's now time to say farewell to bianet...
22 April 2011
Static Procedures - Dynamic Protest
KCK TRIAL
Static Procedures - Dynamic Protest
The Diyarbakır 6th High Criminal Court held the 15th hearing of the KCK trial on 13 January. The court reiterated its decision against the defence of the 151 defendants in Kurdish. The request to release the 104 detained defendants was postponed to today.
14 January 2011
Parliament President Sceptic on Kurdish Proposal
DTK - KURDISH QUESTION
Parliament President Sceptic on Kurdish Proposal
After the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Congress on "Democratic Autonomy", Parliament President Şahin emphasized, "We do not recognize any other congress or assembly. [...] The parliament is to be addressed in Turkish by law".
21 December 2010
Turkey's Order in the Mirror of WikiLeaks
ERTUĞRUL KÜRKÇÜ COMMENTS
Turkey's Order in the Mirror of WikiLeaks
These documents are the dreadful hypocrisy of the international system that is working under the hegemony of the USA. They utterly confirm the opinions put forward by the social and political opposition and anti-militaristic and democratic forces on the topic of mutual distrust and calculations based on elections.
6 December 2010
9 Arrests in Socialist Democracy Party and Social Freedom Platform
POLICE OPERATION
9 Arrests in Socialist Democracy Party and Social Freedom Platform
9 Members of the Socialist Democracy Party and the Social Freedom Platform were arrested in Istanbul and Bursa because of an alleged "connection with the Revolutionary Headquarters Organization", among them Party Chair Turan and Platform spokesman Kayserilioğlu.
22 September 2010
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Q&A with Salih Muslim on Syrian Kurds' deal with Damascus: 'We'll not give up our gains'
12 March 2025
Q&A with Salih Muslim on Syrian Kurds
Turkey to set up cybersecurity authority with sweeping powers as new law passes
13 March 2025
Turkey to set up cybersecurity authority with sweeping powers as new law passes
Turkey's independent media protest Google over ‘algorithmic censorship'
13 March 2025
Turkey
Turkey to 'closely monitor' implementation of Damascus-SDF agreement
13 March 2025
Turkey to
Construction of mosque halted in historic Syriac village
13 March 2025
Construction of mosque halted in historic Syriac village
Opposing AKP for Sovereignty...
ERTUĞRUL KÜRKÇÜ COMMENTS
Opposing AKP for Sovereignty...
Less than 58 percent of the electorate said "yes" to the referendum. This is not a victory for Erdoğan and his party but the message of a Constitutional crisis for Turkey.
14 September 2010
50 Million Voters Decide
REFERENDUM 2010
50 Million Voters Decide
Turkey is going to the ballot on 12 September to vote on the Constitutional Reform Package. Electoral constituencies in eastern provinces close at 4.00 pm, and at 5.00 am in the rest of the country. More than 60 percent of the electorate is younger than 44 years and 40 percent live in 8 metropolises.
12 September 2010
General Staff Comments on Heron Scandal
General Staff Comments on Heron Scandal
The General Staff Directorate denied allegations that they deliberately avoided the use of Heron air vehicles in the PKK attack on Han Tepe in July. However, the announcement does not explain alleged communication between military personnel.
23 August 2010
Public Servants on Strike for the Right to Strike
25 NOVEMBER STRIKE
Public Servants on Strike for the Right to Strike
The strike of public workers was supported by trade associations, workers' unions and left-wing organizations. In Istanbul, KESK president Evren criticised the government for avoiding the formation of a collective labour agreement board. In Ankara, the police employed force against the striking workers.
26 November 2009
On the Brink of a Historic Period
ERTUĞRUL KÜRKÇÜ ABOUT THE ARRIVAL OF THE "PEACE GROUPS"
On the Brink of a Historic Period
The last Kurdish uprising can really come to an end by determining Turkey's fate. Twiting the course of the things in that direction will be a result of the policies pursued since 1999 by the Kurdish liberation movement and its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan who have sought peace and reconciliation in the brotherhood and liberty of peoples.
20 October 2009
"State Mentality and Peace"
Ertuğrul Kürkçü writes
"State Mentality and Peace"
As long as peace is not taken to the streets, and no bridge is built between peace and people's hegemony, as long as we leave "peace" to the "state mentality", our share of it may have no other option but to be taken to the front in the next war.
24 August 2009
Possibility of a "Solution" Needs to Be Taken Seriously
ERTUĞRUL KÜRKÇÜ On Government's Kurdish İnitiative
Possibility of a "Solution" Needs to Be Taken Seriously
Although it would be exaggerating to say that the government is preparing a "solution", there is a window of opportunity that all socialists and democrats need to make use of.
31 July 2009
KURKCU COMMENTS ON THE MGK MEETING
What's This Secrecy?
If the republic is something more than replacing the palace with the Council, it could be purposeful to demand that the Council's meetings are televised through the National Assembly TV.
1 July 2009
Electorate Buries Erdoğan's Arrogance at Polls
ERTUGRUL KURKCU's analysis
Electorate Buries Erdoğan's Arrogance at Polls
PM Erdoğan loses the referendum game he conceitedly established. People withdraw the conditional support that they gave at the July 2007 elections as a reaction to the army's impositions.
30 March 2009
Kuntar: Palestinians Want Solidarity, Not Ottoman Empire
Samir al Kuntar, the most popular representative of the Palestine-Lebanese resistance, says Palestinians want solidarity, not a recreation of the Ottoman Empire, from Turkey.
20 March 2009
Open Letter to Vatan Columnist Can Atakli
The Vatan newspaper has chosen to ignore the denigrating accusations its columnist makes about people who think differently from him. IPS Communication Foundation general secretary Ertuğrul Kürkçü and chair Nadire Mater wrote a letter which was not printed by Vatan.
22 January 2009
E. KURKCU's analysis
The Turkish Crisis: An Emergent Third Pole?
Such Herculean tasks can only be undertaken by a force that is not the accomplice of any bourgeois government, and that has no tolerance for oppression either by the political Islamists or by the ultra-nationalists. This task can only be assumed by those political forces that fight for a Social Republic.
20 July 2008
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