Bakur Rising: Renewed Kurdish Clashes in Turkey
Popular Front
Jake Hanrahan
4.8 • 916 Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2024
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Today we speak to journalist Fréderike Geerdink about the current clashes taking place in southeast Turkey, where the Turkish government removed democratically elected Kurdish politicians. The clashes have gotten heavy and a new Kurdish militant group has emerged...
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Popular Front podcast with me Jake Hanrahan. |
| 0:07.0 | We're focused on the niche details of modern warfare and underreported conflict all across the world. |
| 0:13.0 | Popular Front is completely independent. |
| 0:17.0 | Today we're speaking to journalist Frederic Geerdink. She is an excellent reporter covering all things regarding Kurdistan. |
| 0:26.6 | She's going to be talking to us about the current clashes that are taking place in |
| 0:31.6 | Southeast Turkey or Bakur or North Kurdistan. |
| 0:35.6 | Obviously a contested region. A new militant group has formed. |
| 0:39.8 | Kurdish politicians have been removed from their positions by the ruling government. |
| 0:44.2 | A lot is going on quite unexpectedly. |
| 0:48.0 | Support us and get more at patreon.com slash popular front. |
| 1:09.6 | Let's talk about the situation in Southeast Turkey that has led to these clashes before we go into the actual clashes. |
| 1:13.7 | So it all started in Batman, right? |
| 1:15.4 | Tell us what happened. |
| 1:18.7 | They removed an MP, they removed the mayor, something like this. |
| 1:19.3 | Yes. |
| 1:23.4 | Well, earlier this year, there was already a mayor removed in Hakkari. |
| 1:24.9 | You didn't get that much attention. |
| 1:29.0 | But now, early this month, |
| 1:31.3 | the mayors of Batman and Halfetti and Mardin |
| 1:33.4 | were fired |
| 1:35.5 | and replaced by what I |
| 1:37.3 | usually call |
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