Fréderike Geerdink - independent journalist

Erdoğan’s Kurdish policy isn’t about the Istanbul elections – it’s about the Syrian thorn in his side

20/06/2019/in Other /by Patreon

By propitiating the Kurds, Erdoğan could destine the new elections in Istanbul in his favour, some people think. It is assumed that this is why he ended the confinement in isolation of the Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan. But if that’s the case, why then did he simultaneously start an offensive against PKK fighters in the north of Iraq?

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Hoe de burgemeestersverkiezing in Istanbul de Koerdische kwestie op de spits drijft

19/06/2019/1 Comment/in Other /by Vrij Nederland

Door de Koerden gunstig te stemmen, zou Erdogan de hernieuwde stembusgang in Istanbul aanstaande zondag in zijn voordeel kunnen beslissen, denken sommigen. Daarom zou hij de isolatie van de Koerdische leider Öcalan hebben doorbroken. Maar waarom is Erdogan dan tegelijkertijd een offensief begonnen tegen de PKK-strijders in het noorden van Irak?

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Wash off your whiteness

14/06/2019/2 Comments/in Other /by TedX Leiden

What does the fight of the PKK against the patriarchy have to do with the fight against racism in western countries? In this TedX Talk, which I held on 12 May at Leiden University in the Netherlands, I illumniate the roads we must follow towards radical equality. Watch the talk here! Lots of value for fifteen minutes of your time, promise.

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