What does Afrin mean for Turkey’s War on Terror?
As stated by Talal Silo, who was a former SDF figure, individuals from the PKK’s Qandil Mountain ranks such as Khalil Tafdam, Haji Ahmad Houdro, Mahmoud Barhoudan used to administer Afrin.
The EU-Africa Summit: Africa Deserves Better
Summarized in President Erdogan’s words, – “Many people in the world associate the African continent with extreme poverty, violent conflict and…
Change in Germany’s Political Dynamics and its Effect on Turkish Citizens
Granted, some additional post-election fault lines are clearly visible and in particular so as a far-right movement - Alternative für Deutschland, (AfD) - entered the Bundestag for the first time.
German Federal Elections: Reality ultimately reached Berlin
By gaining only 32,9% of the votes, Merkel’s Union will have 246 seats while the Social Democratic SPD (20,5%) 153 seats, the right-wing populist AfD (Alternative for Germany) party (12,6%) 94 seats (92 without Frauke Petry and Mario Mieruch who recently quitted their party), Free Democratic FDP (10,7%) 80 seats, the left-wing Linke (9,2%) 69 seats and the Greens (8,9%) 67 seats in Germany’s Federal Parliament, the 19th German Bundestag.
Instability awaiting post-election Germany
While perceiving itself as the insurance of the EU and successfully protecting itself from far-right movements, the victory of the xenophobic, anti-immigrant and Islamophobic Alternative for Germany (AfD- Alternative für Deutschland), which received 12.
The far-right in Germany: stronger than ever
The radical rightwing AfD has entered Parliament as the third-largest party, institutionalizing the rise of far-right ideology in Germany.
The Misuse of Integration as a Kampfbegriff in Germany
It is of no surprise that after the referendum which resulted with the victory of the proponents of the constitutional change, populist and racist remarks began to flood in the media: AFD’s Beatrice von Storch tweeted that those Turks who voted for the constitutional change (in her words “Islamic dictatorship”) should please immediately leave Germany.
What the Referendum’s “Yes” means for Europe’s “No”
For example, what is the uniting factor that made the German political parties hold hands siding with the "no" campaign in the Turkish referendum? All political parties, from Christian democracies to Social Democrats, from the Liberals to the Greens movement, from the anti-immigrant AfD to the extreme leftist Die Linke, are making an effort in order for the Turkish people to reject the constitutional amendment.
Impunity for Hate Rising in Europe
Former president of the European parliament and Chancellor candidate of the social democrats, Martin Schulz, remarked that the NPD and AfD are based on the same ideological ground.
Leitkultur 2.0: How the CDU Tries to Recapture Lost Votes
But the peoples’ resistance goes back to 2014, when a mass protest movement started to occur in the streets and the Alternative for Germany (AfD) took their role to become their representatives in the political arena.
The Fear of Decline: Cultural Pessimism in Europe
” They have taken to the streets with their activist allies, such as the EDL (English Defense League) or the far more effective PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of Europe), recently winning political influence in various parliaments with their political representatives, the FPÖ, Front National, or the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland), or even creating their own terrorists such as Anders Breivik.
