content tagged with Mesut Yeğen

'They want to keep the HDP away from both politics and social life'

OPERATION AGAINST HDP

'They want to keep the HDP away from both politics and social life'

Specialized in the Middle Eastern and Kurdish Politics, Prof. Mesut Yeğen, Asst. Prof. Cuma Çiçek and journalists Faik Bulut and Aslı Aydıntaşbaş have spoken to bianet about the recent operation against the HDP.

25 September 2020 Evrim Kepenek

Kurdish History Magazine Hits the Bookshelves

Kurdish History Magazine Hits the Bookshelves

Turkey’s first bi-monthly magazine on Kurdish history has hit the bookshelves. Published in Turkish, “Kürt Tarihi” (“Kurdish History”) delves into the annals of the Kurdish past, long overlooked by official institutions engaged in historiography.

22 August 2012 Nilay Vardar

"Real Issue Is PKK's Participation in Legal Politics"

Kurdish Question

"Real Issue Is PKK's Participation in Legal Politics"

According to Assoc. Prof. Yeğen, the government seems to have achieved public support for its Kurdish initiative, but there are still open questions.

5 August 2009 Tolga Korkut

“Indirect Negotiations with PKK Seem to Have Begun”

Analysıs by Mesut Yeğen

“Indirect Negotiations with PKK Seem to Have Begun”

According to Ass. Prof. Yeğen, utterances by Minister of the Interior Atalay and PKK leader Karayılan are sending similar messages.

14 May 2009 Tolga Korkut

DTP Has Proven That It Represents Kurds

Assoc. Prof. Yeğen argues that neither Kurds nor Turks are happy with the AKP’s “embarrassed recognition” of the Kurdish question.

31 March 2009 Tolga Korkut