William Gourlay is a PhD candidate in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University, Australia; he was a visiting researcher at the Centre for Modern Turkish Studies at İstanbul Şehir University, Turkey, in 2014-15. Follow him at @GourlayWill.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaConflicting interests in crowded skies prolong Syria’s agonyTurkey-Russia spat is a symptom of different, often incompatible agendas.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPolitics and diplomacy in Turkey: time to talkBeset by domestic and regional crises, Turkey has adopted a defensive posture where dialogue would be preferable.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSyrian Kurds turn the tables on ISISSyrian Kurds have won a strategic victory in Tel Abyad, uniting two of their self-run cantons and putting ISIS on...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTurkey: seeing Kurdish politics through a narrow prismWith its stance on Kobane, Ankara is in danger of undoing advances in the Kurdish peace process. It must act boldly...
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Published in: HomeTurkish-Kurdish peace: has the hour come?
Could Kurdish voices become part of the political mainstream in Turkey; and could the PKK have its status as...
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Published in: HomeAfter Gezi: Turkish-Kurdish fault linesTurkey’s political landscape may be shifting in the wake of the Gezi protests, but the Kurdish peace process is...