Sanem Vaghefi

Sanem Vaghefi is an Iranian feminist sociologist graduated from METU, studying master's at Istanbul University. Her research interests are gender & migration, political Islam and socialist movements.

Behind the explosion in Istanbul: the HDP’s broken peace promise

Now that the dream of a peaceful union of the “peoples” under the HDP has turned to nightmare, as embodied in the explosion at Vezneciler, there are only two possibilities.

By Sanem Vaghefi

/ 8 Jun 2016

Turkey’s Kurdish movement: in search of 'Real Islam'

In order to gain popularity among Turkey’s Kurdish conservative Muslims, HDP is promoting a “Pro-Kurdish democratic Islam” rather than secularism.

By Sanem Vaghefi

/ 6 Jun 2015