The Greek Current

Turkey's crackdown on the Kurds and its role in the current fighting between Kurdish groups in Iraq and Syria

Episode Summary

Diliman Abdulkader, the Co-Founder and Director of American Friends of Kurdistan, joins The Greek Current to discuss recent reports of inter-Kurdish conflict in northern Iraq and in Syria, Ankara’s role in these conflicts and its latest moves to crack down on Kurdish rights both within Turkey and in the broader region, and what Kurds expect from the US and the incoming Biden administration on key issues.

Episode Notes

Diliman Abdulkader, the Co-Founder and Director of American Friends of Kurdistan, joins The Greek Current to discuss recent reports of inter-Kurdish conflict in northern Iraq and in Syria, Ankara’s role in these conflicts and its latest moves to crack down on Kurdish rights both within Turkey and in the broader region, and what Kurds expect from the US and the incoming Biden administration on key issues.

You can read the articles we discuss on The Daily Roundup here: 

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