In the wake of the failed July 2016 coup against the government of Turkey, emergency rule has brought with it the expropriation of homes and the displacement of residents in the country’s south-east.
Turkey: The Kurdish victims of Sur
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Vecdi Erbay
Vecdi Erbay
Vecdi Erbay is a Kurdish writer and poet and was editor of the culture and arts of the Özgür Gündem, an Istanbul-based daily newspaper in Turkish language that was mainly read by people of Kurdish origin. Özgür Gündem ceased publication on 16 August 2016 following a court order. Some 20 of its journalists and editors were taken into custody.
Silencing the Kurds: Shuttered media and cultural institutions
Turkey’s Kurdish media and cultural institutions have been closed as the peace process with the country’s Kurds has disintegrated.