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TURKISH President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been branded a terrorist, war criminal and ally to jihadists ahead of a major demonstration tomorrow against his war on Kurds in Syria.
As Mr Erdogan jails his enemies under trumped-up charges of “terrorism,” Ibo Avcil, spokesman for Turkish and Kurdish community group Gik-Der, slammed the president himself as “a terrorist who is committing war crimes against civilians in northern Syria with jihadist mercenaries.”
British-based Kurds have called on trade unionists and the labour movement to take to the streets and “stop the full-scale genocide of the Kurdish people.”
Israel angered after US president lifts sanctions on Turkey, opening way for potential sale of F-35 fighter jets
CLAUDIA WEBBE looks at how Britain’s Nato ally has upped the stakes in its effort to silence domestic dissenting voices
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
Trump threatens war and punitive tariffs to recapture Iranian resources – just as in 1953, when the CIA overthrew Mossadegh and US corporations immediately seized 40% of the oil, says SEVIM DAGDELEN