https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/medya-news-audio-articles--5435497enNews CommentaryCopyright MedyaNewshttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3beace2bc750c79f1b0cbedd25e2e8c2.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/medya-news-audio-articles--5435497Wed, 02 Jul 2025 08:16:10 +0000MedyaNewsMedyaNewsmedyanewsnet@gmail.comMedya News aims to bring you authentic voices and real truthful stories from the Middle East with a particular focus on the Kurdish Question that is often ignored, self censored or suppressed by the main stream media platforms.falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dispatch-from-kurdistan-in-syria--65651685https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65651685Mon, 21 Apr 2025 13:57:22 +0000MedyaNewsFrom Aleppo to Kobani (Kobanê) and Qamishli (Qamişlo), journalist Fréderike Geerdink offers a rare on-the-ground account of Kurdish resistance, grassroots resilience, and political negotiation in North and East Syria (Rojava) - an unfiltered look at...300falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/newroz-celebrations-that-s-the-answer-to-your-kurds-questions--65048263https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65048263Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:00:27 +0000MedyaNews411falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-state-will-bow-to-the-peoples-demand-for-peace--64917432https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64917432Sun, 16 Mar 2025 14:24:36 +0000MedyaNewsFréderike Geerdink marks her 200th opinion piece for Medya News, offering a sharp analysis of the Kurdish Freedom Movement and the ongoing reconciliation process in Turkey. As an expert on Kurdish struggles, Geerdink dissects the evolving political...393falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/after-ocalan-s-call-turkish-society-has-a-long-way-to-go--64644091https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64644091Sat, 01 Mar 2025 14:08:35 +0000MedyaNewsDespite Abdullah Öcalan’s historic call for peace, Turkey remains deeply resistant to change. Fréderike Geerdink argues that while Kurds are ready for a peaceful resolution, Turkish society and politics remain frozen, refusing to move even an inch....339falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/of-course-ocalan-will-make-his-call--64404211https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64404211Sun, 16 Feb 2025 12:58:55 +0000MedyaNewsThere have been great expaectations for Abdullah Öcalan’s long-awaited call for a democratic path forward, but the announcement has been postponed. Independent journalist Fréderike Geerdink explores the reasons behind the delay, linking it to state...366falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/salih-muslim-if-turkey-accepts-to-sit-with-ocalan-they-would-give-up-attacking-us--64392985https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64392985Sat, 15 Feb 2025 15:40:59 +0000MedyaNewsIn an interview, PYD's Salih Muslim discusses Syria's crisis, calling for a flexible federal system, cessation of Turkish attacks on Kurdish areas, and Kurdish unity. He stresses the importance of inclusive talks and highlights Abdullah Öcalan's...661falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/peace-with-menaces-a-weekly-news-review--64283659https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64283659Sun, 09 Feb 2025 15:19:52 +0000MedyaNewsAs we wait for the anticipated peace message from Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, Turkey is attacking Kurdish freedoms both through violence and through wile. The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal has been examining Turkey’s past violence in Rojava as war...1204falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/medya-news-hosts-x-space-forum-on-rojava-tribunal-investigating-turkey-s-war-crimes--64131616]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64131616Sat, 01 Feb 2025 19:51:57 +0000MedyaNewsA Medya News X-space on Thursday 30 January heard contributions from the prosecution team of next month’s Rojava Peoples' Tribunal, taking place at Vrije University in Brussels from 5-6 February.]]>3982falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-brotherhood-to-qandil-an-essential-dictionary-to-follow-the-news--63691026https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63691026Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:39:06 +0000MedyaNewsJournalist Fréderike Geerdink, known for her extensive reporting on Kurdish issues and the complexities of the region, has compiled a terminology list to clarify key concepts and actors in the Kurdish struggle and broader Middle Eastern conflicts....589falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/erem-kansoy-jino-victoria-diano-defending-rojava-confronting-turkey-s-aggression-shaping-syria-s-democratic-future--63495891https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63495891Sat, 28 Dec 2024 13:00:20 +0000MedyaNewsIn a compelling episode of Political Dialogue with Erem Kansoy, Danish-based political scientist Jino Victoria Doabi sheds light on Turkey’s aggression towards Rojava and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). She highlights the failure of international...1126falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kurdish-resistance-needs-international-support-a-weekly-news-review--63427521https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63427521Sat, 21 Dec 2024 13:54:12 +0000MedyaNewsThe Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria is under existential attack from Turkey and their mercenaries. This has been a week of broken ceasefire agreements and of difficult negotiations. The Administration has put forward proposals and...1341falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/internationalist-panel-discusses-the-future-of-syria-and-the-need-for-solidarity--63419117https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63419117Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:59:23 +0000MedyaNewsDebbie Bookchin, Salih Muslim and Jeremy Corbyn took part in an online panel on Wednesday 18 December. The speakers discussed the escalation of violence against the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), and the stance of political...2029falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/us-must-support-kurdish-self-defence-in-syria-top-syrian-kurd-us-diplomat--63143516https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63143516Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:28:00 +0000MedyaNewsSinam Mohamad, US Representative of the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), analyses the humanitarian situation amid fighting in Aleppo (Heleb) and Shabha (Şehba), with thousands, many already displaced Kurds, forced to flee. She stresses the need for a...1243falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-glynn-water-cannon-in-dersim-and-water-war-in-syria-a-weekly-news-review--62975843https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62975843Sat, 23 Nov 2024 10:01:27 +0000MedyaNewsTurkey has continued their attack on democracy by ousting the DEM Party Mayor of Tunceli (Dersim) and the CHP Mayor of nearby Ovacık (Pulur), provoking mass resistance and employing heavy policing. A BBC documentary has highlighted Turkey’s...1186falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-glynn-turkey-s-state-initiative-is-no-solution-to-the-kurdish-question-a-weekly-news-review--62765970https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62765970Sat, 16 Nov 2024 10:14:52 +0000MedyaNewsErdoğan’s chief advisor has declared that what is happening is not a “solution process”, but a "state initiative towards a terror-free Turkey". So far, this “state initiative” doesn’t look very different from the previous approach of eliminating the...1261falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/x-space-panel-negotiators-mps-ex-combatants-tough-road-ahead-for-turkey-kurdish-talks--62706452

Sinn Fein MP Dáire Hughes, joining our panel of freedom fighters from various conflicts, points to the success of Northern Ireland's Good Friday Agreement, urging hope that the Kurdish issue can be resolved through inclusive dialogue and international solidarity. 


Fazela Mohamed, a former combatant with the African National Congress (ANC) shares insights from the the long struggle to end apartheid in South Africa during our expert panel on the prospect for renewed peace talks between Turkey and the PKK.


Tanja Nijmeijer shares first-hand experience of peace negotiations between Colombia and communist guerilla FARC-EP. Listen to our panel as the share insights into the long road to peace, and challenges ahead to open dialogue between Turkey and the PKK. 


EH Bildu MP Igor Zulaika joins our panel from the Basque Country, highlighting the need for continued communication and mutual understanding between a party’s leadership and its popular base. What is in store for Kurdish parties and the road to peace?]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62706452Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:22:54 +0000MedyaNewsIs the Turkish government genuinely open to negotiations with the Kurds? Or was Öcalan's fleeting prison visit just a war tactic? Tune in to listen to our panel of experts from various freedom movements around the world, to discuss the real prospects...

Sinn Fein MP Dáire Hughes, joining our panel of freedom fighters from various conflicts, points to the success of Northern Ireland's Good Friday Agreement, urging hope that the Kurdish issue can be resolved through inclusive dialogue and international solidarity. 


Fazela Mohamed, a former combatant with the African National Congress (ANC) shares insights from the the long struggle to end apartheid in South Africa during our expert panel on the prospect for renewed peace talks between Turkey and the PKK.


Tanja Nijmeijer shares first-hand experience of peace negotiations between Colombia and communist guerilla FARC-EP. Listen to our panel as the share insights into the long road to peace, and challenges ahead to open dialogue between Turkey and the PKK. 


EH Bildu MP Igor Zulaika joins our panel from the Basque Country, highlighting the need for continued communication and mutual understanding between a party’s leadership and its popular base. What is in store for Kurdish parties and the road to peace?]]>5433falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-glynn-the-chp-under-the-spotlight-a-weekly-news-review--62589514https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62589514Sat, 02 Nov 2024 11:48:55 +0000MedyaNewsTurkey’s political drama continues with the arrest of the Mayor of Esenyurt and his replacement by a government trustee - the first time these tactics have been used against the mainstream opposition CHP. The rationale for recent government actions is...1076falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-glynn-a-chink-of-light-in-imrali-prison-as-lights-go-out-in-syria-a-weekly-news-review--62511760https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62511760Sat, 26 Oct 2024 10:49:52 +0000MedyaNewsAfter a momentous and rollercoaster week, today’s review sets out the key events – talks about a possible new peace process; the PKK attack on an Ankara arms producer; Turkish bombardment of North and East Syria; and the long-desired visit to Abdullah...1430falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-glynn-the-scramble-for-syria-a-weekly-news-review--62420503https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62420503Sat, 19 Oct 2024 11:02:32 +0000MedyaNewsWhile all eyes have been on Gaza and Beirut, tensions in Syria have become increasingly violent, as well as complicated by the variety of different countries all jostling for position and ready to take advantage of any opening that they can use to...1347falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-glynn-rumours-of-peace-contradicted-by-continued-oppression-a-weekly-news-review--62342664https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62342664Sat, 12 Oct 2024 13:37:29 +0000MedyaNewsRumours of peace appear to be belied by Turkey’s continued aggression towards the Kurds both inside and outside their borders. Meanwhile, actions have been carried out across the world calling Öcalan’s freedom; and an acrimonious election campaign may...987falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/some-thoughts-on-the-young-yazidi-woman-rescued-from-gaza--62286858https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62286858Tue, 08 Oct 2024 15:55:06 +0000MedyaNewsFréderike Geerdink discusses the recent rescue of a young Yazidi woman from ISIS captivity in Gaza and reflects on the divisive reactions to the story within the Kurdish community. She warns against blaming Palestinians collectively for the girl's...382falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/safeguarding-journalism-and-heading-into-war-a-weekly-news-review--62259174https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62259174Sun, 06 Oct 2024 15:49:51 +0000MedyaNewsIn their principled support of Julian Assange, the Council of Europe have acted according to their founding purpose. At the same time, they have proved incapable of meeting the challenges of the spreading war, or even of disciplining Council members...1063falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/elif-genc-erdogan-and-netanyahu-pit-palestinians-against-kurds--62252156https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62252156Sat, 05 Oct 2024 17:45:38 +0000MedyaNewsKurdish activist Elif Genç discusses the shared history of Kurdish and Palestinian solidarity, and how state leaders like Erdoğan and Netanyahu have pitted the two communities against each other.1555falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-pkk-s-deeper-analysis-of-israel-s-murders--62183607https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62183607Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:56:20 +0000MedyaNewsFréderike Geerdink’s article examines the Kurdish political reactions to the assassination of Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah and the broader geopolitical implications. She highlights the PKK's unique analysis, suggesting the murder could fuel regional...468falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-glynn-destroying-books-and-breaking-minds-a-weekly-news-review--62142770https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62142770Sat, 28 Sep 2024 10:32:16 +0000MedyaNewsAs the world lurches towards further destruction, no one should dispute the validity of Erdoğan’s UN criticism of Western hypocrisy, but he can match the West with a hypocrisy of his own. This week’s Turkish authoritarianism focussed on the...1319falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/frederike-musa-anter-helped-shake-my-foundations--62066989https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62066989Sun, 22 Sep 2024 14:13:57 +0000MedyaNewsMusa Anter summed it up brilliantly when he said: “When my mother tongue is shaking the foundations of your state, it probably means that you built your state on my land.” He shook the foundations of the state by thinking this radically different. He...329falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-glynn-in-the-new-age-of-empire-a-weekly-news-review--62055002https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62055002Sat, 21 Sep 2024 11:03:23 +0000MedyaNewsEric Hobsbawm’s “Age of Empire” covers the four decades that led up to the first world war. There are frightening parallels between that period and the imperial rivalry of the world today. This politics has no time for minority peoples unless they can...1188falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-glynn-when-politicians-shake-hands-kurds-suffer-a-weekly-news-review--61606002https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61606002Sat, 14 Sep 2024 13:00:08 +0000MedyaNewsWhile experts debate the significance of Iraq’s recent memorandum with Turkey, Iran’s newly elected president has visited Baghdad, where he has signed 15 co-operation agreements with Iraq. Such agreements are rarely good news for Kurds, who suffer at...969falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-glynn-life-in-authoritarian-turkey-a-weekly-news-review--61295789https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61295789Sat, 07 Sep 2024 17:46:14 +0000MedyaNewsAs human rights lawyers in Turkey proclaim, “There is no justice here”, this week’s review focuses on Turkish authoritarianism. It looks especially at its impact on political prisoners, but also at other abuses in the politicised justice system, and...1473falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-glynn-a-war-that-the-world-ignores-a-weekly-news-review--61229334https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61229334Sun, 01 Sep 2024 11:45:30 +0000MedyaNewsKurds face attacks on all fronts, including targetd assassinations in Iraq and Syria, but the world seems indifferent. In Turkey, journalists and political prisoners face oppression as the government attempts to distract citizens from dire economic...1349falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/frederike-geerdink-turkey-s-expanding-occupations-should-be-the-story-media-want--61223367https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61223367Sat, 31 Aug 2024 13:50:15 +0000MedyaNewsFréderike Geerdink criticises the media's lack of coverage on Turkey's expanding occupations in Kurdish regions of Iraq and Syria, where Turkification and forced demographic changes are occurring. She argues that this neglect enables political...460falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-glynn-after-forty-years-of-armed-struggle-a-weekly-news-review--61061885https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61061885Sat, 17 Aug 2024 10:14:55 +0000MedyaNewsForty years after the PKK took up the right of resistance, the Kurdish Freedom Movement has established an autonomous administration in northern Syria, and the PKK’s philosophy is inspiring people across the world; but the Turkish state continues...1390falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/frederike-geerdink-forty-years-of-life-over-death--61039617https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61039617Thu, 15 Aug 2024 15:56:40 +0000MedyaNewsOn the 40th anniversary of 15 August 1984, journalist Fréderike Geerdink reflects on the PKK's shift from seeking a Kurdish state to combating patriarchal nation-states, emphasising ideological evolution and guerrilla tactics to counter Turkey's...368falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-glynn-no-end-to-yazidi-persecution-a-weekly-news-review--60978562https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60978562Sat, 10 Aug 2024 10:32:15 +0000MedyaNewsThis week’s review from Sarah Glynn focuses on two places where civilians are fleeing for their lives: the IDP camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, where Yazidi genocide survivors are fearful of a new attack by their Sunni Muslim neighbours; and...1128falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-glynn-dancing-the-resistance-to-cultural-annihilation-a-weekly-news-review--60910144https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60910144Sat, 03 Aug 2024 10:37:30 +0000MedyaNewsAfter a brief look at the new threats facing the Kurds following Israel’s assassinations in Beirut and Tehran, this week’s news review focuses on Turkey’s attempt to grind away Kurdish culture and identity and wear down Kurdish resistance – and at the...1371falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-glynn-the-rules-based-international-order-and-turkey-s-invasions-a-weekly-news-review--60824612https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60824612Sat, 27 Jul 2024 11:35:28 +0000MedyaNewsWhat is the Rules-Based International Order, and how does it relate to international law? How does it affect international responses to Turkish aggression in Syria and Iraq, and to Iran? What is the role of the United States?1294falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/podcast-jody-williams-on-signing-nobel-laureate-letter-expressing-concern-over-ocalan-s-isolation--60822772https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60822772Sat, 27 Jul 2024 08:35:39 +0000MedyaNewsIn a recent podcast interview with Medya News, Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize winner. and chair of the Nobel Women's Initiative, speaks about the recent letter by 69 Nobel Peace Prize laureates to European and international human rights bodies...1324falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/frederike-geerdink-commemorating-suruc-is-striving-to-fulfil-their-dreams--60757400https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60757400Sun, 21 Jul 2024 13:11:36 +0000MedyaNewsFréderike Geerdink reflects on the commemoration of the Suruç bombing, emphasising the way dreams and struggles for a better future continue to inspire resistance and hope, exemplified by the Suruç victims and the Rojava revolution.372falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-glynn-geopolitical-manoeuvres-in-syria-and-iraq-a-weekly-news-review--60749855https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60749855Sat, 20 Jul 2024 10:10:23 +0000MedyaNewsWhat might a Trump presidency mean for North and East Syria; what are the prospects for the much talked about reconciliation between Erdoğan and Assad; what is the situation with Turkey’s invasion into the Kurdistan Region of Iraq? Plus, Turkey’s...1202falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/frederike-journalists-can-t-visit-qandil-and-i-condemn-that-out-loud--60682202https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60682202Sat, 13 Jul 2024 11:05:45 +0000MedyaNews368falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-glynn-the-battle-intensifies-in-turkey-s-hundred-year-war-against-the-kurds--60681995https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60681995Sat, 13 Jul 2024 10:12:27 +0000MedyaNewsTurkey is carrying out an invasion and “de facto annexation” in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and waging a low intensity war against the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. They also oppress Kurds within Turkey’s borders. So, how did...1327falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/podcast-field-research-shows-us-must-back-planned-elections-in-aanes--60625605https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60625605Sun, 07 Jul 2024 16:01:34 +0000MedyaNewsAcademic Amy Austin Holmes has published 'Statelet of Survivors', exploring the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). The book highlights regional minority collaborations against threats and urges the US to support...1574falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/frederike-geerdink-long-way-to-go-to-score-the-grey-wolves-into-oblivion--60625136https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60625136Sun, 07 Jul 2024 14:00:02 +0000MedyaNewsThe Grey Wolves, founded in the 1960s, and the hand gesture that emerged in the early 1990s, could only become as influential as they did because there was a fertile soil in which the seed was planted. That fertile soil is Turkish fascism since the...294falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-glynn-turkish-forces-in-syria-and-syrian-refugees-in-turkey-a-weekly-news-review--60618323https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60618323Sat, 06 Jul 2024 11:38:08 +0000MedyaNewsSarah Glynn examines the context of the attacks on Syrian refugees in Turkey and of the unrest in Turkish-occupied Syria, and catches up with new developments in Turkey’s ongoing invasion of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.1197falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/frederike-geerdink-talk-to-suppress-or-talk-to-liberate--60554844https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60554844Sun, 30 Jun 2024 13:08:28 +0000MedyaNewsAs Turkey and Syria contemplate renewed diplomatic ties, the Kurdish perspective remains conspicuously absent from media coverage. Fréderike Geerdink explores why the Kurdish quest for liberation and autonomy is crucial to understanding the region's...324falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-turkey-s-drums-of-war-and-european-silence-a-weekly-news-review--60546664https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60546664Sat, 29 Jun 2024 10:35:22 +0000MedyaNewsTurkish tanks and soldiers are pouring into the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Turkey and Syria have moved a step closer to a rapprochement based on a joint attack against the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, and Turkey continues to...1033falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-glynn-living-in-interesting-times-a-weekly-news-review--60472838https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60472838Sat, 22 Jun 2024 14:50:15 +0000MedyaNewsA relatively quiet week in Kurdish politics is still full of many ongoing problems, but it also allows us time to step back and look at the broader geopolitical context, and the new alliances that are forming with the decline of US hegemony and with...1293falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/short-chilling-wisdoms-of-kurds-and-palestinians--60460755https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60460755Fri, 21 Jun 2024 11:02:40 +0000MedyaNewsFréderike Geerdink reflects on understanding the Kurdish issue, recalling a villager's remark that the state killed them "because we are Kurds" after the Roboskî massacre. This sentiment is paralleled with Palestinian experiences of Israeli...340falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/frederike-chp-against-trustees-a-twinkling-light-in-the-chp-tunnel--60395178https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60395178Sat, 15 Jun 2024 15:54:29 +0000MedyaNews389falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/diyarbakir-as-exemplar-of-the-kurdish-condition-a-weekly-news-review--60394476https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60394476Sat, 15 Jun 2024 14:46:10 +0000MedyaNewsThis week, the news from Diyarbakır serves as an illustration of the wider Kurdish condition. Here we find threats facing Kurdish co-mayors, the anger of those no longer getting perks from the government trustee system, state impunity in the deeply...1100falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/podcast-matt-sonmez-voice--60337191
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60337191Mon, 10 Jun 2024 08:20:34 +0000MedyaNewsBurhan Sönmez: ‘the Kurdish language is my home’
]]>1576falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-the-palace-and-the-judiciary-have-declared-war-on-the-people-a-weekly-news-review--60322915https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60322915Sat, 08 Jun 2024 16:23:33 +0000MedyaNewsAs Turkey once again imprisons an elected Kurdish mayor and puts a government trustee in their place, there have been strong and persistent protests. The CHP has also condemned the government’s actions, but the international response has been...1383falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-kurdistan-region-of-iraq-faces-attacks-from-without-and-within-a-weekly-news-review--59978966https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59978966Sat, 11 May 2024 10:42:36 +0000MedyaNewsAnother week brings another round of bellicose statements from the Turkish government. And in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the KDP is preparing to help Turkey continue their de facto occupation in the north. The KDP-dominated Kurdistan Regional...1198falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/riot-police-in-us-universities-raise-questions-of-power-and-democracy-a-weekly-news-review--59825608https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59825608Sat, 04 May 2024 20:01:25 +0000MedyaNewsAs American universities are taken over by riot police, this week’s review looks at questions about the nature of power and liberal democracy; and at how some issues create world-defining moments while others fail to get picked up by international...1302falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-glynn-through-war-and-law-turkey-aims-to-make-no-country-safe-for-kurds-a-weekly-news-review--59458006https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59458006Sun, 14 Apr 2024 12:43:44 +0000MedyaNewsTurkey is preparing to invade northern Iraq and northern Syria, and the “international community” remains silent. This week’s review focuses on Turkish plans for Iraq, where the Development Road Project may be used as an excuse to destroy autonomous...1288falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/are-protests-starting-to-work-in-turkey-no-cynicism-is-peaking--59449713https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59449713Sat, 13 Apr 2024 13:35:30 +0000MedyaNewsFréderike Geerdink notes how recent protests in Turkey are influencing government actions, notably the reinstatement of Abdullah Zeydan as Van's mayor. However, scepticism arises over Turkey's claimed suspension of trade with Israel amid allegations...407falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-new-spring-in-kurdistan-probably-not-but-a-future-is-looming--59341087https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59341087Mon, 08 Apr 2024 10:06:15 +0000MedyaNewsAcclaimed journalist Fréderike Geerdink warns that the oppressive shroud cast over Kurdish politics in Turkey continues to suffocate democracy and minority representation despite shards of light breaking through in the southeast during the country's...403falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-glynn-resistance-works-a-weekly-news-review--59330455https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59330455Sun, 07 Apr 2024 16:10:57 +0000MedyaNewsIn her weekly news review, Sarah Glynn takes a  dive into Turkey’s local elections, which took place last Sunday, exposing the undemocratic practices which took place as well as highlighting the hard-won victories of Pro-Kurdish Dem Party.1481falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/frederike-geerdink-let-s-talk-about-turkey-s-role-in-kdp-s-withdrawal-from-the-elections--59154635https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59154635Sun, 24 Mar 2024 15:49:10 +0000MedyaNewsSince the 1940s, the KDP, led by the Barzani family, has prioritised its interests, leveraging power and wealth. Geerdink argues that the KDP's election withdrawal is intricately linked to these broader regional dynamics, indicating a continued...472falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-world-is-silent-as-turkey-prepares-a-new-offensive-against-the-kurds-a-weekly-news-review--59069351https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59069351Sat, 16 Mar 2024 15:19:52 +0000MedyaNewsTurkey has announced that they will launch a new offensive against the Kurds in Iraq and that they still plan to take control of a 30-40 km corridor in Syria, but the world says nothing. Meanwhile, Turkish ministers have been trying to get wider...1422falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stop-the-injustice-release-abdullah-ocalan-now--59018074https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59018074Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:57:13 +0000MedyaNewsA press conference in Cologne on 1 March marked the launch of the second phase of the “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, A Political Solution to the Kurdish Question” campaign, expanding the movement’s scope and extending the call for international...356falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/women-used-as-tools-in-propaganda-wars-will-never-be-free--58982961https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58982961Sat, 09 Mar 2024 16:14:05 +0000MedyaNewsFréderike Geerdink confronts the weaponization of rape accusations in conflict zones, particularly spotlighting a recent UN report implicating Hamas in alleged sexual violence during the 7 October attack in Israel. Geerdink scrutinises the broader...436falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/musical-myths-and-cruel-reality-a-news-review--58945005https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58945005Wed, 06 Mar 2024 14:07:51 +0000MedyaNewsA new Kurdish music video in the tradition of national mythmaking provides both a Kurdish myth and a universal story of the fight against patriarchy. In contrast to its optimism, this news review examines the failure of the CPT to visit Öcalan;...1366falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/frederike-geerdink-the-danger-zone-under-turkey-s-occupation--58897623https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58897623Sat, 02 Mar 2024 12:00:43 +0000MedyaNewsIn her latest piece, journalist Fréderike Geerdink delves into the alarming human rights abuses documented in a new report by Human Rights Watch, shedding light on the Turkish army and its proxies' actions in occupied territories of Syria. Geerdink...665falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jurgen-klute-is-the-pkk-a-terrorist-organisation--58853020https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58853020Tue, 27 Feb 2024 16:47:37 +0000MedyaNews"The PKK poses no threat to the USA or the European Union. Nor does it threaten Turkey's territorial integrity. There is no longer any reason why the PKK should not finally be removed from the US terror list and the EU terror list, opening the door to...480falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/after-25-years-in-prison-ocalan-has-become-a-leader-for-a-new-generation-a-weekly-news-review--58715835https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58715835Sat, 17 Feb 2024 13:54:40 +0000MedyaNewsAs we pass the 25th anniversary of Öcalan’s incarceration, this week’s review looks back on the events that led up to his abduction in an international plot, and at the reaction of the Kurdish Freedom Movement. It then returns to the present to...992falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/broken-lives-and-broken-promises-between-earthquakes-and-elections-a-weekly-news-review--58633615https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58633615Sat, 10 Feb 2024 11:28:09 +0000MedyaNewsSarah Glynn returns to the earthquakes that devastated Turkey last year, focusing on how only a fraction of the promised new homes have been built, and planning is guided solely by profit. Read her latest weekly news review:1317falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/not-a-candidate-basak-demirtas-puts-her-mark-on-the-elections--58610312https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58610312Thu, 08 Feb 2024 14:49:28 +0000MedyaNews"Running with Başak Demirtaş would have made AKP's Murat Kurum’s victory too easy. By running with another candidate, both AKP and CHP will have to make an effort to please Kurds to vote for them. Thanks to Demirtaş, who showed the establishment that...404falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hanging-four-kurds-shows-the-iranian-regime-s-weakness--58533825https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58533825Thu, 01 Feb 2024 15:17:49 +0000MedyaNews"Hajir Faramarzi, Mohsen Mazloum, Vafa Azarbar and Pejman Fatehi didn’t die, they never will: they will be remembered and live on. The regime will die. The regime is weak, surviving just because of their brutality, but without a spine and without any...672falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/colonial-powers-and-international-institutions-the-cases-of-syria-and-gaza-a-weekly-news-review--58478467https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58478467Sun, 28 Jan 2024 11:29:31 +0000MedyaNews1198falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-traumas-leyla-zana-spoke-of-might-never-heal-again--58428788https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58428788Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:12:04 +0000MedyaNewsCelebrated journalist and Kurdistan expert Fréderike Geerdink addresses the deep and open wounds left after entire neighbourhoods of Kurdish cities were razed by the Turkish Armed Forces in 2015 and 2016.370falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/palestine-kurdistan-and-the-end-of-occupation--58319012https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58319012Tue, 16 Jan 2024 13:07:16 +0000MedyaNews"What needs to be done, is to stop the occupation, both of Palestine and of Kurdistan. Land can be shared with humanity and equality. It can. And it must be. Because the alternative is permanent annexation and the oblivion of Palestinians and Kurds....324falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/humanity-on-trial-a-weekly-news-review--58302724https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58302724Mon, 15 Jan 2024 07:37:24 +0000MedyaNewsThis week, Israel has been on trial at the International Court of Justice, and the International Court has been on trial before the world. The case is of universal importance, including for the Kurds, who are threatened with being trapped in the...1108falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/2023-in-kurdistan-a-review-of-the-year-part-2--58165383https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58165383Mon, 01 Jan 2024 13:09:58 +0000MedyaNewsTurkey's attacks in North and East Syria impact not only the present but also play into the hands of active ISIS cells. Sarah Glynn discusses the dangerous repercussions.1268falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ethno-sectarian-politics-in-iraq-a-weekly-news-review--58103195https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58103195Sat, 23 Dec 2023 11:19:07 +0000MedyaNewsThis week saw the first provincial elections in Iraq in ten years. The ethno-sectarian nature of Iraqi politics seems to be taken for granted, but how did it get this way and what are the implications? What is the background and significance of the...1243falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sirri-sureyya-onder-makes-parliament-breathe--58094487https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58094487Fri, 22 Dec 2023 10:12:04 +0000MedyaNewsSırrı Süreyya Önder, the deputy speaker for the Turkish parliament, has restored human dignity to the parliament, allowing everyone to breathe, argues Fréderike Geerdink. "Even if you were to threaten my life, I would not interfere with a person’s...388falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/freedom-struggles-a-weekly-news-review--57884889https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57884889Sat, 02 Dec 2023 10:54:38 +0000MedyaNewsThe PKK, founded 45 years ago on Monday, has given birth to all the different organisations that make up the Kurdish Freedom Movement. Terrorist listing allowed the London celebrations of this anniversary to be attacked by the police. By contrast,...1216falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/welcome-to-the-struggle--57843518https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57843518Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:18:22 +0000MedyaNews"How to struggle? It’s an extremely important but also an extremely difficult question. And I can’t answer it. I can only share my thoughts about struggle – thoughts for which I am indebted to the Kurdish political movement. Educate, organise,...462falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/opera-and-the-kurdish-question-a-weekly-news-review--57804408
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57804408Sat, 25 Nov 2023 12:59:20 +0000MedyaNewsAttempts by the new leader of the CHP to build bridges with Kurdish voters demonstrate the huge gulf still to be crossed by Turkish politics; while recent news provides many examples of the deliberate erosion of Kurdish lives and culture by the...
]]>1309falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/podcast-kurdish-foreign-policy-spokeswoman-on-internationalism-solidarity-and-palestine--57795712https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57795712Fri, 24 Nov 2023 12:53:09 +0000MedyaNewsDuring its ongoing invasion of Gaza, Israel has so far killed over 13,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, and forcibly displaced 1.7 million of the region's 2.3 million Palestinian residents. Almost 1,300 Israelis were also killed by...1726falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-justification-for-germany-s-anti-democratic-pkk-ban-german-lawyer--57732889https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57732889Mon, 20 Nov 2023 18:07:45 +0000MedyaNews“All the bans, on demonstrations, meetings [...] are nothing but the denial of basic democratic rights. Democratic meetings are denied, banned, and often at the request of the secret service, and this means nothing but the abolition of democratic rights.”580falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/imrali-breath-and-doctors--57629889https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57629889Tue, 14 Nov 2023 13:57:46 +0000MedyaNewsTurkey has detained PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan under total incommunicado isolation since March 2021 on the tiny island of Imralı, set in the Marmara Sea. The air is thick, humidity high, and doctors have noted the detrimental effects of the intense...149falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-war-crimes-and-crimes-against-humanity-a-weekly-news-review--57598870https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57598870Sat, 11 Nov 2023 15:21:35 +0000MedyaNewsWith so much talk about war crimes and crimes against humanity, this week’s review looks at what is meant by these terms. It illustrates them with examples from Turkey’s actions in Syria and Iraq, and discusses the limits of the international...1118falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-deeper-look-why-international-law-failed-to-prevent-harm-to-civilians-part-1--57342442https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57342442Sun, 22 Oct 2023 14:00:57 +0000MedyaNewsIt would be difficult to argue that in a conflict, as in Gaza, which has killed approximately 4,000 Palestinians, of which 3,420 are civilians, that Israel is ‘distinguishing between civilians and combatants’. Or indeed that the Turkish Foreign...406falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/world-peace-requires-a-no-states-solution--57341218https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57341218Sun, 22 Oct 2023 09:56:10 +0000MedyaNewsPalestine is occupied, and so is Kurdistan. Yes, also the part of Kurdistan that is situated in Turkey. The Turkish army has violently suppressed the Kurds’ aspirations for self-determination for many decades, massacred the population in large numbers...381falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pkk-attack-is-about-turkey-not-syria--57168472https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57168472Mon, 09 Oct 2023 16:05:06 +0000MedyaNewsÖcalan’s isolation is of course not a judicial matter but a political one. Turkey has once again reduced the Kurdish issue to a military problem instead of treating it as the human rights issue that it is. The isolation of Öcalan, who can and should...339falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-met-face-to-face-with-ocalan-here-s-how-he-can-help-bring-about-peace--57167882https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57167882Mon, 09 Oct 2023 16:00:26 +0000MedyaNewsNoted academic Michael Gunter reflects on his first meetings with Kurdish political leader Öcalan during the 1990s, and argues that the Kurdish political leader can still pay a role as a key interlocutor in a negotiated peace process - if he’s first...313falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ocalan-humanitarian-political-and-historical-grounds-for-release--57167381https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57167381Mon, 09 Oct 2023 14:28:28 +0000MedyaNewsAmed Dicle looks at the three key reasons why Abdullah Öcalan should be freed, pointing to his vital role in resolving conflict in the Middle East and beyond, and the unlawfulness of his absolute isolation on Turkey's prison island551falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-art-of-the-possible-in-deir-ez-zor-a-weekly-news-review--56747739https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56747739Sat, 09 Sep 2023 20:17:32 +0000MedyaNewsOver the last fortnight, a limited but lethal insurgency has rocked Deir ez-Zor - part of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and the last region to be liberated from ISIS. Now that the immediate danger has been contained, it is...1279falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/twitter-congrats-to-a-volleyball-team-aren-t-innocent--56747723https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56747723Sat, 09 Sep 2023 20:13:52 +0000MedyaNewsDid I know who *this woman* was?, one person asked me, adding a picture of an Instagram post of one of the players who paid tribute to Sabiha Gökçen. Of course I know who Sabiha Gökçen is: she is the adopted daughter of Turkey’s founding father...374falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hope-is-in-the-struggle-and-in-all-of-us--56652556https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56652556Thu, 31 Aug 2023 20:21:26 +0000MedyaNewsOne of the most important things about political struggle I have learned in the last decade or so, is that it is the home of hope. Hope is not just some superficial or even void concept about the fulfilment of petty wishes for tomorrow or the day...386falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sanctions-aren-t-enough-us-must-hold-turkey-accountable--56577879https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56577879Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:57:19 +0000MedyaNewsTwo Turkish-backed military groups operating within the occupied region of Afrin in Syria’s northwest have been targeted recently by United States sanctions. However, until the US admits that Turkey is the planner, bankroller, and the one who stands...267falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/war-against-pkk-disguises-turkey-s-intentions-in-kurdistan-in-iraq--56569933https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56569933Wed, 23 Aug 2023 18:52:39 +0000MedyaNewsTurkey is continuing the violent occupation of autonomous Kurdish lands that it started one and a half century ago. Framing it as a war against terrorism, effectively shuts the international community up about it. The Kurdistan Regional Government,...418falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-barzani-family-alliance-with-turkey-and-iran-kurds-attacked-from-all-sides--56566660https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56566660Wed, 23 Aug 2023 12:13:53 +0000MedyaNewsTurkey is attacking the Zap region, citing PKK as pretext, to eliminate all Kurdish gains. Their aim is to gain military superiority and eliminate the Federal Kurdistan Region completely or control it. The most effective weapon in this plan is...408falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ocalan-s-freedom-will-make-talks-possible--56512247https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56512247Fri, 18 Aug 2023 13:08:06 +0000MedyaNews332falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ocalan-s-freedom-matters-because-the-kurds-freedom-matters--56405953https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56405953Tue, 08 Aug 2023 17:37:29 +0000MedyaNewsIn her latest analysis, Fréderike Geerdink explores the symbolic significance of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan's isolation, drawing parallels with the broader Kurdish struggle in Turkey. She underscores the strategic importance of focusing on Öcalan's...350falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lausanne-is-not-what-hurt-kurds-the-most--56348878https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56348878Wed, 02 Aug 2023 18:58:12 +0000MedyaNewsWhat Kurdish feudal and religious leaders had not expected was the rapid secularization measures that Atatürk embarked upon. The most important was the formal abolition of the caliphate in March 1924. These measures were a reason for one now legendary...403falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-is-the-lausanne-treaty-still-so-important--56158213https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56158213Wed, 19 Jul 2023 18:55:23 +0000MedyaNewsWhy is the Lausanne Treaty still so important? - read the latest article for Medya News by Robin Fleming.318falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/erdogan-puts-the-world-on-probation-a-weekly-news-review--56110720https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56110720Sat, 15 Jul 2023 12:03:03 +0000MedyaNewsFor Erdoğan, Sweden’s desperation to join NATO is a gift that keeps on giving. Every moment that he keeps Sweden waiting provides the opportunity for him to squeeze further concessions from the Swedish government and from other countries that are also...1290falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sorry-kurds-you-still-have-no-friends-frederike-geerdink--56100151https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56100151Fri, 14 Jul 2023 10:52:37 +0000MedyaNewsAt first glance, it may look like this stress will be over once Sweden is admitted to NATO, but that is wishful thinking. Sweden will then comply more than ever to the rules of the international alliances that dance to Turkey’s anti-terrorism tune....304falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/attacking-refugee-camps-and-other-everyday-violence-a-weekly-news-review--56036143https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56036143Sat, 08 Jul 2023 17:29:51 +0000MedyaNewsIn Lavrio camp, near Athens, Kurdish refugees had established a system of autonomous organisation inspired by the ideas of Abdullah Öcalan. Beginning with the final clearance of the camp, under Turkish pressure, Sarah Glynn’s weekly news review looks...1351falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lawfare-from-imrali-prison-to-stockholm-a-weekly-news-review--55726327https://api.spreaker.com/episode/55726327Sat, 01 Jul 2023 18:13:44 +0000MedyaNewsAs journalist Merdan Yanardağ is imprisoned for criticising the illegal isolation of Abdullah Öcalan, Sarah Glynn examines the human rights issues concerning Öcalan’s incarceration, and how the brutal regime of his İmralı Island prison has been used...1189falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-german-students-in-the-kurdish-armed-movement--55019945https://api.spreaker.com/episode/55019945Sun, 25 Jun 2023 17:04:19 +0000MedyaNewsIn a world plagued by conflicts and political unrest, the choices made by individuals to join armed movements often spark curiosity and controversy. Fréderike Geerdink delves into the lives and motivations of German individuals who have become members...342falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-targeted-assassinations-to-scorched-earth-a-weekly-news-review--54885038https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54885038Sat, 24 Jun 2023 20:07:15 +0000MedyaNewsTurkey carries out targeted assassinations and promotes the revival of ISIS. In Russian-sponsored talks, the misrepresentation of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria allows regional powers to bond over calls for its destruction....1032falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/demirtas-s-bravery-is-a-reflection-of-the-kurdish-people--54054409https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54054409Wed, 31 May 2023 15:47:39 +0000MedyaNewsSeveral Kurds have told me that it’s not really a choice. It’s a necessity to fight against oppression, to defend the life of yourself, your family, your people. Self-defence is, you could say, a reflex inextricably tied to being alive. Kurds, and...394falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/turkish-elections--54031055https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54031055Mon, 29 May 2023 13:28:27 +0000MedyaNewsA general problem is undoubtedly to win voters for left-of-centre politics in a society with a conservative basic attitude. This actually requires very long-term strategies. Jumping on conservative issues in the short term, as the CHP [Republican...454falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/turkish-threats-to-cut-water-flow-to-iraq-behind-attack-on-kurdish-refugee-camp--54030991https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54030991Mon, 29 May 2023 13:17:58 +0000MedyaNewsWe are currently in the worst situation since ISIS attacked, facing the biggest danger since then. Since then, more than ten Turkish airstrikes have hit the camp. And yet neither Iraqi government, nor KRG, nor the UN condemned these attacks. They say...245falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dance-floor-of-turkish-politics--53971689https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53971689Tue, 23 May 2023 15:18:36 +0000MedyaNewsMedya News columnist Fréderike Geerdink uses the youths in Istanbul who recently got in trouble for dancing to Kurdish music as a starting point for looking at the stage of Turkish politics and the various "dancers".387falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/making-turkey-great-again-the-rise-of-the-far-right-a-weekly-news-review--53943375https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53943375Sat, 20 May 2023 15:38:02 +0000MedyaNewsErdoğan boasts of his independence from the United States and portrays his rival as in America’s pocket, but it is America’s world-wide fight against communism and socialism and their readiness to resort to any means in order to make the world safe...1231falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/turkey-s-struggle-for-democracy-persists--53906873https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53906873Wed, 17 May 2023 14:44:23 +0000MedyaNewsTurkey has experienced all kinds of rule in its hundred-year history. The only thing that has not been tried is a consistent democracy. Now and in coming years, Turkey must overcome its fears and dare to be democratic.301falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-politics-of-hate-a-weekly-news-review--53760136https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53760136Sat, 06 May 2023 17:19:54 +0000MedyaNewsTurkish ethnic nationalism has been a core belief of the Turkish Republic throughout its century-old existence. It has increasingly been defined against a Kurdish “other” that refuses to deny Kurdishness and assimilate into a monolithic Turkish...1271falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/parliamentary-and-presidential-elections-in-turkey--53730070https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53730070Wed, 03 May 2023 15:36:40 +0000MedyaNewsCitizens living abroad, who could play a key role in Turkey's coming polls if the vote at home is close, have already started voting. Jürgen Klute looks at this and other aspects of the elections.528falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/election-in-turkey-nightmare-or-change--53730035https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53730035Wed, 03 May 2023 15:35:23 +0000MedyaNews"Why should Erdogan suddenly follow democratic rules of the game when he has not done so far? Therefore Kurds must stand up as one and vote for the opposition – the Green Left Party / HDP." -Westrheim380falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-the-wake-of-14-may--53718178https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53718178Tue, 02 May 2023 15:55:45 +0000MedyaNewsErtuğrul Kürkçü looks at Turkey's coming elections: "Peoples of Turkey stand on the verge of repelling the most perennial and comprehensive attempt at dictatorship in the history of Turkey."464falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/erdogan-battles-against-democracy-and-his-own-human-frailty-a-weekly-news-review--53691006https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53691006Sat, 29 Apr 2023 20:20:00 +0000MedyaNewsAccompanied by stirring music, convoys of armed vehicles and police vans roar into the cities, and groups of fully armed soldiers make their way into the alleys and storm unmarked doorways. This is not the latest TV drama but the official film of the...1251falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gezi-spirit-and-the-castle-of-resistance--53654485https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53654485Wed, 26 Apr 2023 17:01:13 +0000MedyaNewsFréderike Geerdink looks at Turkey's coming elections in the light of of the historic resistance of the Kurds in conjunction with the spirit of the Gezi protests.287falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/schedule-7-how-the-uk-uses-anti-terror-laws-to-silence-kurds--53603816https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53603816Fri, 21 Apr 2023 11:56:42 +0000MedyaNewsBritish anti-terror police found themselves in the headlines this week after using a controversial power to detain a French publisher at the British border and quiz him about his opposition to the French government. The case shone a spotlight on a...352falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/anti-terror-law-on-press-and-imprisoned-kurdish-journalists-in-turkey--53594233https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53594233Thu, 20 Apr 2023 14:03:51 +0000MedyaNewsJournalist Sedat Yılmaz urges "all press professional organisations to read Turkey’s press card regulation from the perspective of Kurdish journalists and put our 25 imprisoned colleagues on their agenda."399falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kurds-will-be-kingmakers-in-turkey-s-elections-but-don-t-overlook-their-anxiety--53571844https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53571844Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:25:43 +0000MedyaNewsFréderike Geerdink's latest column is out now! Her ruthless pursuit of the truth once again hits Medya News as she looks at the realities faced by Kurds in Turkey ahead of the country's critical elections.311falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/he-can-do-anything-to-reach-power-again-a-weekly-news-review--53545870https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53545870Sat, 15 Apr 2023 18:19:57 +0000MedyaNewsAbdi commented that Erdoğan might do anything to get re-elected. One thing he is already doing is using the politicised judicial system to pursue his opponents. The case file for the closure of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has now been handed...1085falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-want-our-world-back-a-weekly-news-review--53477873https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53477873Sat, 08 Apr 2023 14:12:20 +0000MedyaNewsGermany’s history is supposed to have made German society sensitive to repression of minority groups and of freedom of speech, but only, it seems, for some groups and some ideas. Germany has a long record of repressing its Kurdish community – much the...1292falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/also-ocalan-has-the-right-to-hope--53469910https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53469910Fri, 07 Apr 2023 11:21:50 +0000MedyaNews"Political change is needed. No Kurd is free until Öcalan is free," says Fréderike Geerdink in her latest article, focused on Abdullah Öcalan’s 'right to hope'.293falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-can-we-learn-from-the-green-left-party-s-election-manifesto--53463603https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53463603Thu, 06 Apr 2023 16:34:23 +0000MedyaNews"Much remains uncertain, but one thing is clear: the road to political reform in Turkey is long and arduous," says Matt Broomfield in his latest article looking at the upcoming Turkish elections.296falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ocalan-s-return--53453777https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53453777Wed, 05 Apr 2023 16:29:55 +0000MedyaNewsThe conditions of isolation in a quarter century of imprisonment have still not made it possible, philosophically, to destroy the bridges between Öcalan and his organisation.239falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-africa-policy-without-human-rights-jurgen-klute--53439978https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53439978Tue, 04 Apr 2023 14:10:17 +0000MedyaNews"It is fundamentally right to insist on the observance of human rights, women's rights, minority rights, and climate protection measures. But if these demands are made out of an attitude of arrogance ... then European politicians will not find an...360falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-historic-election-in-an-authoritarian-world-a-weekly-news-review--53412246https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53412246Sat, 01 Apr 2023 14:45:50 +0000MedyaNewsAcross the world, there is a ramping up of authoritarian oppression as ruling elites defend a political system that generates growing inequality and destroys the planet and that is facing a rising tide of resistance. Even here, in picturesque...1010falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/huda-par-completes-the-violence-alliance--53400706https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53400706Fri, 31 Mar 2023 20:27:05 +0000MedyaNewsFréderike Geerdink explains why the suggestion that Turkish President Erdoğan's alliance with Hüda-Par is to win Kurdish votes is ludicrous in her latest article for Medya News.286falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/for-ocalan-nelson-mandela-rules-are-a-distant-dream--53406259https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53406259Fri, 31 Mar 2023 20:26:45 +0000MedyaNewsThe UN’s expanded guidelines for the protection of prisoners are known as the ‘Nelson Mandela laws’, in honour of the celebrated political prisoner. They enshrine crucial rights as to prisoners’ inherent dignity and value, prohibiting torture,...282falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/future-of-democracy-in-turkey--53391125https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53391125Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:28:59 +0000MedyaNewsThe question of democracy in Turkey has never been more important as it is now in 2023. Erdoǧan’s AKP government has been in power since 2002, but the elections this year bring hope of a change. Will that change, if there is one, simply be turning...409falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/everywhere-newroz-always-freedom-a-weekly-news-review--53336064https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53336064Sat, 25 Mar 2023 17:20:43 +0000MedyaNewsOn Monday, at the Turkish Parliament, the presidential candidate of the main opposition alliance, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) visited the leaders of the pro-Kurdish leftist Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) for a...1181falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/will-turkey-ban-the-pro-kurdish-opposition-for-the-ninth-time-in-succession--53315332https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53315332Thu, 23 Mar 2023 18:41:32 +0000MedyaNewsIn a particularly depressing article on their website, the HDP list the history of Kurdish political parties in Turkey. Turkey’s first pro-Kurdish party, the People’s Labour Party (HEP), was established in 1990 and managed to survive three years...232falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/there-s-nothing-mysterious-about-sdf-fighters-in-a-chopper--53310837https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53310837Thu, 23 Mar 2023 14:31:58 +0000MedyaNews"The problem is not the fact that SDF fighters are in a chopper close to Duhok, the problem is that Kurds can’t move easily in their own lands anymore while trying to defend it against assorted aggressors," says Fréderike Geerdink.353falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/iran-student-day-protests-in-solidarity-with-women-s-revolution--52139282“We are at a point in history where if we want our society to be a bit better than the day before, we have only one solution and that is "revolution". We need this nationwide unity in order to be triumphant in our revolution for "women, life and freedom"! No to forced headscarf, no to oppression! Yes to freedom and equality!”]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52139282Fri, 09 Dec 2022 13:52:36 +0000MedyaNewsThe statement concludes with a clear call for revolution: “We are at a point in history where if we want our society to be a bit better than the day before, we have only one solution and that is "revolution". We need this nationwide unity in order to...“We are at a point in history where if we want our society to be a bit better than the day before, we have only one solution and that is "revolution". We need this nationwide unity in order to be triumphant in our revolution for "women, life and freedom"! No to forced headscarf, no to oppression! Yes to freedom and equality!”]]>411falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-the-women-s-revolution-is-a-threat-to-erdogan--52077998https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52077998Fri, 02 Dec 2022 14:01:48 +0000MedyaNewsApparently the violently sexist, and terror approach of the Islamic state are more compatible with the Turkish government than NES’ principles of direct democracy and women’s rights. Think back to what the Turkish prison system did to Garibe Gezer,...389falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ethics-aside-us-must-counter-erdogan-or-suffer-consequences--52076921https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52076921Fri, 02 Dec 2022 11:45:24 +0000MedyaNewsFor Erdoğan needs the Kurds – or, more precisely, needs a perpetual war against their democratic political project to distract voters from domestic economic woes and increasing securitization which has decimated both civil society and legitimate...310falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/releasing-political-prisoners-is-not-enough--52076637https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52076637Fri, 02 Dec 2022 11:03:00 +0000MedyaNewsReleasing Nedim Türfent and others is not enough. What is needed, is for them to be recognised as political prisoners and their names to be cleared. The communities where they come from already recognise that, but the state has to acknowledge that...413falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/drone-war-the-ground-invasion-why-is-erdogan-targeting-the-kurds-now--52044022https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52044022Tue, 29 Nov 2022 13:16:50 +0000MedyaNewsOn Monday 28 November , Medya News convened an online panel via Twitter Spaces to bring together expert voices to analys the latest development whether now is the time that president Erdoğan will make his next move to seize and occupy swathes of land...3680falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/remember-ayn-issa-turkish-airstrike-open-the-door-to-isis-resurgence--52011682https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52011682Fri, 25 Nov 2022 17:37:27 +0000MedyaNewsNow it seems this ugly, recent history is repeating itself. A Turkish invasion will not only mean the chaos of air strikes and subsequent opportunities for ISIS cell members to spread further havoc. It will mean creating new swathes of territory for...284falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/turkish-aggression-and-the-silence-of-the-world--52001799https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52001799Thu, 24 Nov 2022 15:11:37 +0000MedyaNewsThe false image that the Turkish president Erdoğan paints of Turkey as a victim of terrorism works incredibly well. The international community seems to be swallowing whole the bait laid at their feet. Turkey must be stopped. Someone must reverse the...424falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/istanbul-bombing-don-t-let-conspiracies-obscure-your-view-on-the-truth--51943388https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51943388Fri, 18 Nov 2022 16:27:14 +0000MedyaNewsThat’s how Erdoğan re-enforced the power he was about to lose: he cooperated with ISIS to incite a spiral of violence, mainly against Kurds because Kurds and their political demands and well-organized and undestroyable opposition are the nightmare of...346falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hol-camp-is-a-global-problem-and-not-just-because-of-foreign-isis-members--51862676https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51862676Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:35:25 +0000MedyaNewsThe NGO does call on international actors such as the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS and states with residents still in the camp to provide more resources, training and support to the authorities in North and East Syria. But the solution to the...312falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-feminist-movements-kick-back-against-oppression-in-the-middle-east--51849920https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51849920Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:37:18 +0000MedyaNewsFrom an analyst’s perspective, it is not difficult to understand the threat that Erdoğan's regime perceives. Kurdish women have proven that they can successfully resist under the harshest conditions and unite women across ethnic and religious lines in...433falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/uk-s-aggressive-criminalisation-of-the-kurdish-movement-should-concern-us-all--51785723https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51785723Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:57:54 +0000MedyaNewsIn reality, ISIS remain a serious threat in Syria and Iraq despite their loss of territory. Moreover, Turkey’s attacks against Kurdish-led autonomous regions in northern Syria serve exactly the same ends as ISIS’ attempts to establish their caliphate....346falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/medya-news-ban-in-turkey-is-tip-of-the-censorship-iceberg--51777965https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51777965Thu, 03 Nov 2022 17:30:05 +0000MedyaNewsIt will come as no surprise to Medya News readers to learn that Turkey has seemingly blocked access to our website. Any coverage of the Kurdish struggle for rights, self-determination and democracy is likely to incur a swift and aggressive response...300falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kurds-who-fought-isis-feel-abandoned-once-again--51684031https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51684031Tue, 25 Oct 2022 15:52:48 +0000MedyaNewsKurds are once again feeling that they were abandoned in the face of yet another manifestation of tyranny. These young Kurds were running from front to front to counter the barbarity of ISIS, for the sake of all of humanity. Today, they fell victim to...423falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/convention-against-chemical-weapons-demands-a-spine-of-the-international-community--51643108https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51643108Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:47:46 +0000MedyaNews"Now that the ones who do call for respect for human rights are being targeted, it has become even more urgent for international organisations and governments to dust off their morals, strengthen their spines, act in the spirit of the convention and...384falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-complicity-behind-west-s-deathly-silence-on-turkey-s-use-of-brutal-unconventional-weapons-against-kurds--51634079https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51634079Thu, 20 Oct 2022 13:36:48 +0000MedyaNewsThe shocking video released by Kurdish freedom fighters of their friends killed with chemical weapons used by the Turkish military -- in open sight -- in the mountains of south Kurdistan has been met with a deathly silence from Western “democratic”...353falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/here-s-some-fake-news-to-disrupt-public-order--51577727https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51577727Fri, 14 Oct 2022 19:21:48 +0000MedyaNewsIf the public in Turkey was well informed, if the public in Turkey would let it sink in that they have been fooled by state-produced actual fake news for decades, for even a century, would that instill fear and disturb public order? Definitely, but...378falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/three-years-after-operation-peace-spring--51575923https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51575923Fri, 14 Oct 2022 15:34:40 +0000MedyaNewsSunday 9 October marked the third anniversary of Operation Peace Spring, Turkey’s 2019 cross-border incursion into northeast Syria. With the operation, Turkey occupied the cities of Serê Kaniyê (Ras al-Ayn) and Tell Abyad (Girê Spî), and caused...360falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-turkish-confession-and-an-offer-for-protection--51564970https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51564970Thu, 13 Oct 2022 14:46:10 +0000MedyaNews"It would have great importance if an investigation concluded that that the destruction of the agricultural bank in Zirgan in the spring of 2022 was a war crime. Even if the outcome does not include a case in court, such a conclusion would be stating...450falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-elegy-for-nagihan-akarsel--51505977https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51505977Sat, 08 Oct 2022 06:22:10 +0000MedyaNewsNagihan Akarsel, a Kurdish scholar, activist, journalist and co-founder of the feminist Jineology Research Centre, was shot dead earlier this week in an armed attack in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan. Her death, which recalls previous extrajudicial...671falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/iran-s-revealing-bombings-of-kurdistan--51426012https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51426012Fri, 30 Sep 2022 10:58:27 +0000MedyaNews"It is a painful reality that the government calling itself ‘autonomous’ is in fact fully dependent on Iran and Turkey. In other words: Kurd-murdering dictatorial states define the Kurdistan region’s economic and security situation, and Kurdish...396falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-murder-of-jina-mahsa-amini-a-fire-torch-for-collective-mobilisation--51416132https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51416132Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:26:56 +0000MedyaNewsThe global collective uprising following the Jîna Amini-case carries within it the seeds of something new, a solidarity that extends beyond self-interest, in which women across different backgrounds, ethnicities and borders are empowered to make a...469falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/erdogan-s-train-to-autocracy--51416121https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51416121Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:03:07 +0000MedyaNews“Unfortunately, the resulting report clearly illustrates “the world is facing a wave of autocratization. Powerful autocratic states, former democracies, and political movements within democracies increasingly present ideological challenges to the...554falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/erdogan-s-train-to-autocracy-a-commentary-based-on-the-university-of-gothenburg-varieties-of-democracy-study-2022--51406625https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51406625Wed, 28 Sep 2022 14:25:09 +0000MedyaNews"In other words, one can use democratic means to achieve autocracy. Analyzing Erdoğan’s imaginary train journey, one must conclude that the Turkish leader never intended to reach democracy. Indeed, now that he largely has achieved his actual goal of...466falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/not-one-hair-of-her-head-g-k-chesterton-jina-amini--51357405-G.K. Chesterton]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51357405Fri, 23 Sep 2022 11:22:57 +0000MedyaNews“That little urchin with the gold-red hair, whom I have just watched toddling past my house, she shall not be lopped and lamed and altered; her hair shall not be cut short like a convict's; no, all the kingdoms of the earth shall be hacked about and...-G.K. Chesterton]]>269falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-do-kurds-fit-into-putin-s-push-for-syria-turkey-reconciliation--51347201https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51347201Thu, 22 Sep 2022 16:32:20 +0000MedyaNews'Given his lack of options, Erdoğan may pretend to swallow Putin’s bait. Nevertheless, Putin’s strategy bluntly underestimates the vigilance, the Kurdish people’s historical consciousness of the right to self-determination and war-hardened capacity to...813falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ax-kobani-the-revolutionary-battle-on-screen--51335949https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51335949Wed, 21 Sep 2022 18:06:26 +0000MedyaNews"KOBANÊ shows how fast the advance of Daesh was suddenly going, how quickly decisions had to be made about how to defend the city, how Turkey’s support for Daesh wasn’t superficial, but really impacted the battle. How brave individual fighters were...324falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/turkey-s-fateful-elections-and-the-kurds--51318042https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51318042Tue, 20 Sep 2022 11:12:41 +0000MedyaNews'The greatest fear of the Turkish state is that the Kurds should achieve power in the political arena. The only thing they want is to leave the Kurds no option but the armed struggle. The Kurds keep calling for a political solution to extricate...763falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-university-system-of-north-east-syria-new-report-on-rojava-s-universities--51280130https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51280130Fri, 16 Sep 2022 11:22:08 +0000MedyaNews"Though it has been ten years since the establishment of self-rule in the regions of North and East Syria, the first university of the Autonomous Administration was founded only seven years ago; seven years marred by Turkish invasion and threats,...294falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/justice-will-be-done-in-musa-anter-s-case--51267432https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51267432Thu, 15 Sep 2022 10:30:31 +0000MedyaNews'The murder of Musa Anter is symbolic of the ongoing effort by the state to annihilate the Kurdish movement, Kurdish culture, the Kurdish language and the whole Kurdish community in Turkey by murder, oppression, prosecution, disenfranchisement and...345falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-queen-s-death-re-evaluating-britain-s-role-in-the-middle-east--51243562https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51243562Tue, 13 Sep 2022 15:03:54 +0000MedyaNewsMatt Broomfield reflects on the legacy of Queen Elizabeth in regards to how British people are viewed in the Middle East and comments on how the world will not forget the history of empire and colonialism quickly.415falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-sakharov-prize-for-kurdish-women--51184439https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51184439Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:01:08 +0000MedyaNews"Leyla Zana was the first in a long line of Kurdish women jailed by the Turkish state for their involvement in the Kurdish political struggle for justice and equality, in the early 1990s, after she spoke Kurdish when she took her parliamentary oath,...327falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tamils-and-kurds-and-the-end-of-armed-resistance--51090539https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51090539Wed, 31 Aug 2022 11:55:20 +0000MedyaNewsIn her latest column for MedyaNews, Fréderike Geerdink compares and contrasts the situations of two stateless communities, the Tamils and the Kurds, and argues against laying down arms before a political settlement is reached.362falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-you-tolerate-this-your-children-will-be-next-a-weekly-news-review--51048114https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51048114Sat, 27 Aug 2022 13:09:27 +0000MedyaNews“The cruel realities of life under Turkey’s authoritarian government continue to bite, both in Turkey itself and in the areas under Turkish military attack. Like all authoritarian regimes, Turkey’s ruling class pursues popular support and...1183falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sdf-s-retaliation-is-only-guided-by-their-own-compass--50995081https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50995081Mon, 22 Aug 2022 12:51:54 +0000MedyaNewsJournalist Fréderike Geerdink looks at the SDF's armed defence of its people against Turkish attacks in Syria, equating their principled stance and clear vision with that of the unarmed political party HDP.338falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/decisions-made-behind-closed-doors-a-weekly-news-review--50904914https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50904914Sat, 13 Aug 2022 11:22:19 +0000MedyaNewsWe see the staged handshakes in front of national flags, and read the official communiqués, but the life and death deals made behind closed doors we can only guess at. What was negotiated between Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan? How have the...1171falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/picnic-with-death--50725532https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50725532Wed, 27 Jul 2022 12:52:57 +0000MedyaNews"Little did the visitors know that the excursion they had planned on this fateful Wednesday in the Duhok Governorate of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, would turn into a picnic of death. Out of nowhere, the peace was suddenly shattered by the sound of...110falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/who-cares-about-the-kurds-a-weekly-news-review--50169074https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50169074Sat, 11 Jun 2022 19:20:40 +0000MedyaNewsAs Turkish invasion threats continue to cast their shadow over northern Syria, and pundits dissect the latest statements to speculate on whether either the United States or Russia will do a deal to stand aside and let Turkish ground forces go in; as...1173falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/waiting-for-the-invasion-a-weekly-news-review--50058603https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50058603Sat, 04 Jun 2022 11:12:19 +0000MedyaNews“For everyone who cares about the Kurds, this is a worrying time, but how much more worrying for those who expect their homes and their hard-won freedoms to come under violent attack at any moment. The situation cannot be made any easier by the...1126falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/waiting-on-america-and-russia-a-weekly-news-review--49976852https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49976852Sat, 28 May 2022 11:40:57 +0000MedyaNews-"For Erdoğan, attacking the Kurds has become synonymous with building popular support, and, as the next election looms, his foreign policy is being increasingly driven by the domestic agenda."1128falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-nato-s-altar-a-weekly-news-review--49887801https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49887801Sat, 21 May 2022 15:56:19 +0000MedyaNews-The extraordinary swing of support behind NATO in western countries is based around a carefully constructed image of NATO as standing up for a people under attack, and as preventing capitulation to bully-boy tactics. It was an image that never had...1084falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/refugees-and-the-hypocrisy-of-charity-a-weekly-news-review--49804900https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49804900Sun, 15 May 2022 20:16:45 +0000MedyaNewsSarah Glynn looks at the EU Conference on supporting Syria, noting the presence of Turkey, Iran and the US, all party to Syria's troubles, and the absence of AANES, the only ones trying to build a real democracy there.1176eu,refugee,syria,turkeyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/erdogan-s-blood-soaked-electioneering-a-weekly-news-review--49702959https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49702959Sat, 07 May 2022 15:44:39 +0000MedyaNewsThe most alarming military developments this week were the intensified attacks on the Yazidis in Şengal (Sinjar), in northwest Iraq. These were carried out by the Iraqi army, but it is Turkey that is most insistent on destroying Yazidi autonomy, and...1146falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-american-elephant-in-the-room-a-weekly-news-review--49604508https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49604508Sat, 30 Apr 2022 12:26:26 +0000MedyaNewsSarah Glynn's weekly news review: "For those challenging Turkish aggression, opportunities for high level diplomacy are distinctly limited, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t get international support, nor that that support doesn’t matter."1047falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kurds-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-a-weekly-news-review--49526350https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49526350Sat, 23 Apr 2022 13:01:14 +0000MedyaNews-On Sunday night, the northern mountains of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq came under heavy bombardment from Turkish warplanes and howitzers, and Turkish helicopters ferried in soldiers as Turkey launched its anticipated attack on the PKK’s guerrilla...1141audioarcticle,medyanews,podcastfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stand-off-in-syria-and-autocracy-in-ankara-a-weekly-news-review--49453841https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49453841Sat, 16 Apr 2022 16:14:18 +0000MedyaNewsSarah Glynn takes a look at this week's ongoing brutal campaigns against the Kurds in Syria, Turkey and Iraq as Turkey gears up for fresh military actions in N. Iraq and Assad targets Kurds in Aleppo.1051falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-good-time-for-autocrats-a-weekly-news-review--49376740https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49376740Sat, 09 Apr 2022 14:16:12 +0000MedyaNewsLast Sunday, as progressives tried to come to terms with Viktor Orbán’s decisive re-election as prime minister of Hungary, Turkey’s President Erdoğan telephoned his congratulations and discussed hopes for further enhancing bilateral relations,...1131falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/semra-guzel-picture-shows-pkk-fighters-are-not-aliens--48626237https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48626237Mon, 07 Feb 2022 13:51:44 +0000MedyaNewsAnother HDP MP loses parliamentary immunity for exercising their freedom of expression.326falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/america-the-dog-that-didn-t-bark-in-the-night--48626218https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48626218Mon, 07 Feb 2022 13:50:08 +0000MedyaNewsSarah Glynn looks at how the US displays a complete absence of support for NE Syria in fighting ISIS, noting that they still remain silent about Turkey's continued attacks on the region although it is clear Turkey itself supports ISIS.989isis,syria,turkey,usfalsefull