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TEKEL Workers Stage Turkey’s Largest Protest in 30 Years

Posted on March 4, 2010 by emel basturk akca — 1 Comment ↓

by Emel Baştürk Akca – Turkey – Once one of Turkey’s biggest public producers of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products, TEKEL has outlets and factories all over the country. But ever since the Turkish giant opted for privatization and terminated…

The “democratic evolution” of the Kurdish Question:Turkish and Kurdish Mothers Campaign for Peace

Posted on November 16, 2009 by emel basturk akca — No Comments ↓

by Dr. Emel Baştürk Akca – Turkey – “We mothers, whose hearts are burning, have come together so that there will be no more pain. We do not want our children to die.” These words belong to Nurten Ekinci, a…

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