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The Foreign Desk - Explainer 343: Turkey vs the PKK
23 November 2022
Andrew Mueller explains Turkey’s longstanding and violent feud with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party.
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23 November 2022
Andrew Mueller explains Turkey’s longstanding and violent feud with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party.
25 February 2021
Why has Amnesty stripped Alexei Navalny of his ‘prisoner of conscience’ status? Plus: Turkey’s crackdown on the PKK; film-maker James Fletcher on his Trump documentary and we explore Pakistan’s pop charts.
7 November 2015
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has a majority once more. But what will this mean for the country’s Kurdish population? Peace talks with the PKK are over and the conflict has begun again. Is a political solution…
5 November 2015
We discuss why the PKK has ended its fragile ceasefire with the Turkish government, learn why Justin Trudeau has reintroduced the national census in Canada and hear from astronaut Colonel Ron Garan about why Nasa is trying…
7 September 2015
We discuss Europe’s latest steps to cope with its refugee crisis as Germany approves €6bn in funding. We also turn to Turkey, after the PKK hits 15 Turkish soldiers. Plus: we head to Japan where the town of Naraha, evacu…
10 August 2015
As Turkey’s conflict with the PKK intensifies, we assess the latest news following attacks on police and military targets. Then, a year after the killing by police of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, Ferguson has once again…
7 August 2015
After reports that Japan may give planes to Manila to help patrol the South China Sea, we ask what such a move would mean and how much it would rile China. Plus, we hear about Turkey’s efforts to secure energy infrastruc…
4 August 2015
As the violence against the PKK escalates and there is still no government in place, we ask exactly what is going on in Turkey. We also assess Cristina Kirchner’s legacy as the vote approaches in Argentina and find out why…
29 July 2015
Andrew Tuck is joined by Kathleen Burk and Martin Plaut to discuss the day’s top stories: from a look back at US president Barack Obama’s Africa tour to an analysis of the current conflict between the PKK and Turkey. We…
29 July 2015
We discuss Turkey’s attacks on the PKK, explore the aftermath of a Finnish politician’s controversial remarks and look at a planned multibillion-dollar facelift for New York’s LaGuardia Airport. Plus: Monocle’s fashion…
18 August 2014
We forecast the future of the PKK, discuss criminal confessions on Chinese TV, chat with crusading Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón, get the business news from Shanghai, and review the morning papers with Peter Cardwell.
10 September 2013
As hundreds of pro-Israel lobbyists gather in Washington to press for a Syrian strike, we ask if it is in Israel’s best interests to demand another US intervention in the Middle East. Plus, we assess whether the Kurdistan…
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