Cemal Özkahraman

Cemal Ozkahraman is an independent researcher with a doctorate from the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK, on controversial Turkish policy in relation to water issues in South-East Turkey and the Middle East.

Rojava, where water is twice as expensive as oil

Turkey is now in Jarablus town with Special Forces personnel and heavy weapons including tanks, and making advances enabling it to control a strategic part of the region.

By Cemal Özkahraman

/ 21 Dec 2016

Human rights violations in south-east Turkey: failed peace talks followed by increasing violence

“Kurds are scared to go into their homes and Turks are scared to go out of their homes”. This is the state of public order in Turkey in the wake of the failed peace talks.

By Cemal Özkahraman

/ 6 May 2016

Unchanging state security policies in southeast Turkey

The region’s people already know quite well that any policies pursued in the region are military-related, and have not brought peace but only more conflicts.

By Özlem Belçim Galip and Cemal Özkahraman

/ 2 Feb 2016