As Kurds and various peoples of Mesopotamia are braced for celebrating another Newroz this spring, its spiritual and semantic connotations bear significant relevance to our current democratic...

For decades, Turkish bureaucrats and state employees viewed assignments in Southeastern Turkey, a large area predominantly populated by ethnic Kurds, as a “punishment” because it meant moving to...

Finally after seven years in and out of Turkish courts and prison, my dad is free. But the fight is far from over. It’s just getting started.I don’t even remember the last time I spoke to my father....