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Series · Law and Human Rights

Trench Operations

Ali Çağlar, Orhan Turan

Parts
4
Years
2021
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Parts · in order of publication

  1. Trench Operations: Let He Who Is Without Sin Throw the First Stone!

    Like the Irish soldiers written off in the Siege of Jadotville, the soldiers in the trench operations paid the price for political mistakes. The author asks where the responsibility lies.

    Ali Çağlar · 17 October 2021 · 7 min read

  2. Navê Te Çi Ye Zarok? What Is Your Name, Child?

    People fleeing Şırnak before the curfew in March 2016, and a child met at a checkpoint. “Navê te çi ye zarok?” What is your name, child? A testimony.

    Ali Çağlar · 24 October 2021 · 3 min read

  3. The People Said HDP, but the PKK Has the Guns

    After the trench operations, the government’s answer to the Kurdish question was TOKİ housing and trustees. The author comments on the impasse in which, although the people chose the HDP at the ballot box, the PKK’s guns remained decisive.

    Ali Çağlar · 30 October 2021 · 5 min read

  4. Trench Operations: Grey Areas of Law

    How was the search for a legal basis conducted in Ankara before the trench operations began? The author, who worked as a lawyer and lecturer at the gendarmerie schools, describes the grey legal areas of the operations.

    Orhan Turan · 17 December 2021 · 6 min read