Kurdish Peace Podcast

Jun 04 2024 3 ep. 45 mins 1

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Welcome to the Kurdish Peace Podcast, a project of the Kurdish Peace Institute. We sit down with experts and practitioners to take a deeper look at war and politics in Kurdistan, how they shape and are shaped by the Middle East and the world, and what just, democratic, and peaceful solutions to the region's challenges might look like.

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Why Erdogan Removes and Replaces Kurdish Mayors (with Dr. Lisel Hintz)

Jun 04 2024 20 mins

When we talk about the ‘Kurdish question’ in Turkey, two of the major problems being discussed are authoritarianism and anti-Kurdish racism. Kurdish people face state-sponsored discrimination and violence on the basis of their ethnic identity. They also lack access to meaningful democratic avenues by which to effect political change. A timely new paper by Dr. Lisel Hintz and Ha

Kurdish Local Democracy Stands Strong Despite Repression (with Ceylan Akça)

Apr 04 2024 38 mins

On March 31st, millions of voters across Turkey went to the polls to elect mayors and municipal councils. For the pro-Kurdish political movement and millions of Kurdish voters, the elections were particularly critical. Local democracy gives Kurds a chance at self-governance and an opportunity to implement policies that would be impossible to put into practice at the national level

KPI Event | Five Years After ISIS: What's Next in Northeast Syria?

Mar 28 2024 77 mins

This is a recording of a live Kurdish Peace Institute event held on March 26, 2024. In March 2019, the Syrian Democratic Forces and the U.S.-led Global Coalition Against Daesh captured the last ISIS-held territory in Syria, marking the territorial defeat of the caliphate. Since then, the United States has maintained a military presence in Syria in order to ensure the enduring defea