Türkiye

Attacks on leftists in Turkey

The government of NATO-member Turkey, headed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is a key U.S. ally in the war of…

November 27, 2016

Statement of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Turkey on the July 2016 coup

July 23 -- Since the abortive coup of July 15 collapsed in Turkey, the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan…

July 23, 2016

Turkey: Failed military coup opens door to Erdoğan purge

July 18 -- NATO’s second-largest army exposed its instability when elements hostile to the regime of Turkish President Recep Tayyip…

July 19, 2016

EU-Turkey deal puts migrants at risk

Thousands of migrants in Greece from the Middle East, Africa and Asia are being sent to Turkey in an effort…

April 24, 2016

Boston demonstrators demand peace for Syria

The Syrian American Forum mobilized people to gather in Copley Square in Boston to call on the Obama administration to…

September 1, 2015

Refugee crisis grows in Greece

Seven thousand refugees arrived in July on the small Greek island of Kos, some 2.5 miles off the Turkish coast,…

August 22, 2015

Role of the Workers’ Party of Kurdistan

The Workers Party of Kurdistan (PKK) has been involved in a guerrilla war against the oppressive Turkish regime since 1984.…

August 5, 2015

U.S. solidarity for slain youth in Turkey

Members of the revolutionary youth organization Detroit FIST (Fight Imperialism, Stand Together) show solidarity on July 26 with the young…

August 5, 2015

Turkish regime opens dirty war on Kurds, leftists

The reactionary Justice and Development Party (AKP) government of Turkey, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, began a military offensive…

August 4, 2015

Leftist party gains in Turkey elections

The June 7 national parliamentary elections in Turkey resulted in both a leap forward for a coalition of leftist and…

June 21, 2015