On Sunday, Turkey’s political landscape was transformed. The leftist pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) managed…
Chase Winter
Chase Winter has researched and followed Turkish and Kurdish politics for 10 years, including for four years in Turkey and one year in Iraqi Kurdistan. He did a Fulbright in Turkey and was National Security Education Program Scholar (2004) and fellow (2007-8). He studied in Turkey at Bogazici University, Sabanci University and the Kurdish Institute of Istanbul, and has previously worked as a Turkish news editor and has published on Turkish and Kurdish politics. He speaks Turkish and some Kurdish and holds a BA in International Studies and MA in Middle East Studies from the University of Washington.