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Behind the Scenes of Turkey's 15% Share of Kirkuk Oil
World Service- Forbes magazine analysis shows that the main point of the new energy agreement between Turkey and Iraq is not the political promise of exporting one million barrels of oil per day, but the entry of…
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Kurds of Serikani wait seven years to return home
World Service- Despite an agreement between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces for the return of displaced people, thousands of Kurds who were driven out of Serikani during the Turkish military…
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Kobani’s monasteries; the missing link in Kurdish social history
World Service- Dr. Muslim Abdul Talas argues that Kurdish historiography has been too focused on politics and power, and the role of institutions such as the Kobani’s monasteries in organizing society has received…
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From Wilson to Trump; 13 US Presidents' Narratives of the Kurdish Issue
World Service-The Kurdish issue has been reflected in the policies and positions of US presidents, from Woodrow Wilson to Joe Biden, at different times. The issue of the rights of nations after World War I to military…
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Turkey's Stronger Return to Kirkuk After a Century
World Service - A comparison of Turkey's position in Kirkuk between 1926 and 2026 shows that after a century, Ankara has gone from receiving a limited share of oil revenues to direct participation in the development…
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Turkey, Britain and the US have undisputed control over Kirkuk oil
World Service - As Western oil giants re-enter the Kirkuk fields and hand over part of the field's development project to the Turkish State Oil Company, the energy equations of northern Iraq have entered a new phase;…
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Swiss Heritage for Kurds
World Service - According to an analysis published by the Kurdish Studies Center, many of the crises of the last century regarding the Kurdish issue have their roots in the political arrangements after the Treaty…
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Investigating the Rumor of the PKK’s Permanent Establishment in Halabja
World Service- Halabja, a city that is linked by the memory of the 1988 chemical disaster, Kurdish identity and its strategic location, has once again been at the center of security attention. In an analysis of…
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Intensive diplomacy between Ankara, Baghdad and Erbil to end the PKK case
World Service- According to the person in charge of the Turkey case at the Middle East Think Tank, the visit of the new Iraqi Prime Minister to Turkey and the meetings of the head of the Turkish Intelligence Agency…
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The Vicious Cycle of Coalition Building in the Kurdistan Region
World Service - The new agreement between the Patriotic Union and the New Generation Movement shows that even reformist and opposition movements in the Kurdistan Region are forced to move within the framework of…
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Lausanne, Öcalan and the Future of the Kurds in Turkey
World Service - The PKK's decision to lay down its arms and emphasize legal and political reforms shows that the Kurdish movement, while preserving its historical narrative of Lausanne, has entered a new stage of…
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The Glass Ceiling of Western Support for the Kurds/ Mansour Oli
Iran Service - Archive 120 exclusive KurdPress interviews with university professors, think tank researchers, and experts on Kurdish issues, the Middle East, and international relations, conducted over more than…