Mehmet Korkmaz

An undergraduate student for International Relations and Politics BA (Hons). Marxist-Leninist. Kurd in diaspora.

📍 United Kingdom

Grup Yorum: The Voice of the Workers

"Since 2016, Grup Yorum has been facing one of its most significant threats to its existence. In the aftermath of the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, the President was handed emergency powers, and he soon decreed the arrests and imprisonments of all political critics against his government."

News

New Sexual Assault Allegation Against Joe Biden: A Proper Examination

"...'liberal' news agencies will waive objectivity in investigations and instead adopt the tactics of their political 'polar-opposite' when it comes to the convenience of fulfilling their interests."

Turkey

International Mother Language Day 2020: Suppression of Kurdish by Turkey

"As Apê Musa remembers, 'If my language is shaking the foundations of your state, it probably means you built your state on my land.'"

Iran

Britain and Iran: A Brief Modern History (1941-2020)

"With heightened tensions within the region close to the brink of war, historical context shows why the British state fears Iranian retribution..."

Interview

The Road to Revolution, interview with YPG volunteer Jêhat Birûsk

"'If you are waiting for the right time, or the right place, or the purest ideology... you are going to wait the rest of your lives. Go, make the revolution; there's no time left for cynicism or stalling!'"

Commentary

A 'New' £1 billion: Boris and his new NHS lie

"...the time has come where facts don't matter to political discourse in an era dominated by nationalist populist rhetoric, and the face of such discourse has now been plastered with the face of Boris..."