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The Greek Current

Turkey, the Grey Wolves, and the Kurds

Since its inception, the Turkish government has used the Grey Wolves, a Turkish ultranationalist organization, to target Kurds and other minorities both within Turkey and abroad. Diliman Abdulkader, the Co-Founder and Director of American Friends of Kurdistan, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss his latest publication on the Grey Wolves, which highlights their links to past and present Turkish governments and the state's use of the Grey Wolves to persecute the Kurds. We also explore how Western countries can put pressure on the Grey Wolves, and look at the ways in which the United States can play a vital meditating role between the Kurds and Turks.

Read Diliman Abdulkader’s latest publication in the Georgetown Journal of International

Affairs: The Ultra-Nationalist Grey Wolves: A Turkish Government Tool to Persecute Kurdish People

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:

Greece bracing for all possible scenarios

Mediterranean nations criticize EU solidarity on migrants

Cyprus received 11,000 asylum applications in the first five months of 2022

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