Thou shalt not tweet about God

Today I was interviewed on Belgian public radio. Subject: the world famous Turkish pianist Fazil Say. He tweeted about religion, a Turkish prosecutor didn’t like that and started a case against him. Belgian radio wanted to know everything about that because Say was giving a recital that evening in Brussels.

Listen to the interview here – sorry, in Dutch!

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My work

My first piece was published in a national paper in the Netherlands, de Volkskrant, in 1980. I was nine years old. continue reading »

My books

About the books I wrote or contributed to. continue reading »

My lectures

Giving lectures is quite an adrenaline driven excercise, but always in a positive way. I love sharing the story of the Kurds and my view on it in public, continue reading »

My opinions

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Turkey’s Saturday mothers gather for the 700th time, interview about the Saturday mothers in Turkey in Dutch public radio show ‘Met het Oog op Morgen’, Friday 24 August 2018. Interview (in Dutch) starts at 0:37:37.
Thirty-five years on, no political solution for Kurdish-Turkish conflict, published on website Fanack, 16 August 2018.
Kurdish translator Kawa Nemir vows to keep Kurdish publishing going from Amsterdam, interview published on website Ahval, 6 July 2018.
Vrees voor Turkse moordcommando’s in Nederland, interview on Dutch public TV about Turkish intelligence agency MIT spying on Kurds in the Netherlands, EenVandaag, 10 July 2017.
Als journalist tussen de Koerdische PKK-strijders, interview on Dutch public radio about my year insinde the PKK, EenVandaag Radio, 28 June 2017.
Why the Yezidis of Iraq are still not safe, published on Byline, 12 April 2017.
Wat vinden PKK’ers van de aanslag in Istanbul?, talk on Dutch radio show ‘Met het Oog op Morgen’ about TAK-attack in Istanbul, 11 December 2016.
Kurdish PKK celebrates 38th anniversary: ‘Our morales are like a bomb’, published on Byline, 2 December 2016. Dutch version published in weekly Groene Amsterdammer, 1 December 2016.
EU’s cowardice shows lack of support for press freedom in Turkey, published on Byline, 4 November 2016. Dutch version: Laffe EU staat niet principieel achter Turkse persvrijheid, published in Dutch daily De Volkskrant, 4 November 2016.
Survivors of the city wars, published on Byline, 27 October 2016.
The battle for Mosul, broadcast on Al Jazeera’s ‘The Stream’, 25 October 2016.
Mosul won’t be safe for minorities unless it adopts grassroots democracy, published on The World Post/Huffington Post, 19 October 2016.

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