Yesim Yaprak Yildiz

Yesim Yaprak Yildiz is a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge researching official memory politics in Turkey, especially with regards to the Kurdish question. Yesim also does freelance work as a human rights researcher for the European Roma Rights Centre. She previously worked for UN Women Turkey, Child Soldiers International and Amnesty International.

Missing from Turkey’s peace process: memory, truth and justice

The resolution of the Kurdish question is closely linked to both truth and justice for past crimes, but also to ending ongoing state violence against Kurds.

By Yesim Yaprak Yildiz

/ 4 Apr 2015