Calvin Wilder

May 13, 2023 | kurdishpeace.org | Matthew Petti |Frederike Geerdink |Meghan Bodette |Calvin Wilder

The districts of Turkey where Kurdish votes weren’t respected saw far more violence, data shows. Turkish presidential elections are set for May 14, and incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan could lose power for the first time in two decades. Observers warn that the vote will be “neither free not fair,” and opposition supporters fear they will suffer a violent reaction should challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu win.

May 10, 2023 | kurdishpeace.org | Meghan Bodette |Calvin Wilder |Kamal Chomani |Serhat Tutkal

Download the Full ReportDownload the Executive SummaryExecutive SummaryIn recent months, the United States has made its most concentrated efforts to date to address the armed conflict between the government of Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and, more broadly, Turkey’s “Kurdish question” – the unresolved debate over what civil, political and cultural rights the country’s Kurdish minority should be guaranteed.