https://mena-studies.org/tags/pkk/Recent content in PKK on MENA Research CenterHugoen-GBMon, 22 Sep 2025 13:59:52 +0200https://mena-studies.org/turkey-the-imamoglu-case-resistance-under-pressure/Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:04:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/turkey-the-imamoglu-case-resistance-under-pressure/Ekrem İmamoğlu, elected mayor of Istanbul, presidential hopeful, and the most prominent challenger to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is now arguably the most well-known political prisoner in Turkey. The state is pursuing multiple legal cases against him. The latest…https://mena-studies.org/has-erdogan-miscalculated/Sun, 06 Apr 2025 12:40:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/has-erdogan-miscalculated/Even in a country that has never been a fully-fledged democracy, this day marks a turning point. For years, President Erdoğan has repeatedly had political opponents arrested and convicted—most often Kurdish politicians like the popular Selahattin Demirtaş.…https://mena-studies.org/spheres-of-interest-for-or-against-a-future-in-syria/Sat, 05 Apr 2025 12:47:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/spheres-of-interest-for-or-against-a-future-in-syria/More than three months ago, the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad in Syria fell. Millions of Syrians hoped for a better future—but it has yet to arrive. Following massacres, particularly against the Alawites along the Mediterranean coast with around 1,000 dead…https://mena-studies.org/erdogans-foreign-policy-options/Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:56:00 +0100https://mena-studies.org/erdogans-foreign-policy-options/A few days ago, the Turkish daily newspaper Sabah , which traditionally maintains close ties to President Erdoğan, published an article that could be interpreted as a certain offer to Europe. The background of this article was the participation of Turkish…