Syria’s interim Foreign Minister Assad Hassan al-Shibani met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on January 15 in Ankara, marking the first such visit since the recent regime change in Syria. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan was also present at the closed-door meeting held at the Presidential Compound in Beştepe district in Ankara. The high-level meeting
The Ankara 22nd High Criminal Court handed down heavy sentences in the Kobani Trial on May 16. The most notable were the 42-year sentence for Selahattin Demirtaş and the 30-year sentence for Figen Yüksekdağ, both of whom were co-chairs of the HDP at the time. Their sentences were the natural headline in media. Like the
Selahattin Demirtaş, the imprisoned former co-chair of the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) and a prominent Kurdish political figure, continues to command significant respect among Kurds, according to the latest findings from Rawest Research. The study titled “Kurdish Issue, Kurdish Politics, and Demirtaş,” sheds light on the prevailing sentiments among Kurds following the March 31 local