🎙️Ceylan Akça: “It’s quite crucial for opposition forces to have some sort of control in local administrations, because local administrations allow them to directly build connection with local communities and come up with local solutions.”
kurdishpeace.org/research/democ…

In Turkey's March 31 local elections, pro-Kurdish candidates won dozens of municipalities back from state-appointed trustees. Could this lead to a revitalization of Kurdish-led local peacebuilding? Read Nisan Alıcı and Abdullah Zeytun's analysis.

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Turkish and Iranian state policies in Kurdish regions create instability, economic inequality, and assimilation that drive many Kurds to work with those very states against collective Kurdish interests, argues Gordyaen B.Jermayi 🕎☀️ in this analysis. kurdishpeace.org/research/gover…

So honored to have published this informative analysis at Kurdish Peace Institute! Please check it out.

The results of the 31 March elections are therefore an opportunity not only to strengthen local democracy but also to re-establish these links in order to open up space for peacebuilding work in the Kurdish region.

We argued that Kurdish local governments played a key role in supporting Kurdish civil society's peace, justice and human rights work while the trustees worked to break the links between civil society and local governments and to dismantle all democratic participation structures.

We focused on three examples: the participation of victims in the Lice massacre case, the demolition of the Roboski monument, and the exclusion of pro-peace civil society from governance.

Before the 31 March elections, Abdullah Zeytun and I wrote this article for Kurdish Peace Institute discussing how the removal of Kurdish mayors and the appointment of trustees had affected dealing with the past and the peacebuilding scene in Diyarbakır. kurdishpeace.org/research/confl…

🎙️PODCAST | KPI Director of Research Meghan Bodette speaks with DEM Parti MP for Diyarbakir Ceylan Akça about the importance of the March 31 local elections for Kurds in Turkey and the ongoing struggle to defend local democratic victories. kurdishpeace.org/research/democ…

In this article for Kurdish Peace Institute I explained why do some Kurds cooperate with the occupiers against their own people.
I’ve brought up a few issues which you can read here.

Turkish and Iranian state policies in Kurdish regions create instability, economic inequality, and assimilation that drive many Kurds to work with those very states against collective Kurdish interests, writes Gordyaen B.Jermayi 🕎☀️.
kurdishpeace.org/research/gover…

🎙️Ceylan Akça: “It’s quite crucial for opposition forces to have some sort of control in local administrations, because local administrations allow them to directly build connection with local communities and come up with local solutions.” kurdishpeaceorg.buzzsprout.com/2292581/148275…

In Turkey's March 31 local elections, pro-Kurdish candidates won dozens of municipalities back from state-appointed trustees. How and why did trustee administrations target local Kurdish-led peacebuilding efforts? Nisan Alıcı & Abdullah Zeytun investigate.
kurdishpeace.org/research/confl…

DEM MP Ceylan Akça is in Bitlis challenging election irregularities. Yesterday, she took the time to tell Kurdish Peace Institute why local democracy matters for Kurds in Turkey and how DEM managed surprising democratic wins despite an unfree, unfair process. kurdishpeace.org/research/democ…

🎙️PODCAST | KPI Director of Research Meghan Bodette speaks with DEM Parti MP for Diyarbakir Ceylan Akça about the importance of the March 31 local elections for Kurds in Turkey and the ongoing struggle to defend local democratic victories.
kurdishpeaceorg.buzzsprout.com/2292581/148275…

Turkey’s YSK restored Van Metropolitan Municipality mayoral candidate Abdullah Zeydan’s mandate on April 3, following a night of mass protests in Van and other Kurdish provinces and an outcry from supporters of democracy across Turkey and worldwide.
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This is the most important project I’ve worked on in my life, and I am so proud we can announce it now: