Saladdin Ahmed

Saladdin Ahmed is an independent researcher specialized in political philosophy, Critical Theory, and social space. He holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Ottawa, Canada. saladdin.ahmed@gmail.com saladdinahmed.com

Displaced Kurds stuck at a border after a Turkish offensive in northeastern Syria, wait to try cross to the Iraqi side, at the Semalka crossing, next Derik city, Syria, October 21, 2019

Turkey’s war on Kurds and the fate of the European project

This is not to say that European leaders are conspiring with Erdogan against Kurds, but they have knowingly compromised everything the European project stands for.

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks at Esenboga Airport in Ankara, Turkey, October 7, 2019

Turkey’s war on Kurds and the fate of the European project

While European leaders pay lip service to the sacrifices of Kurdish forces, they refuse to stop Erdogan while simultaneously stressing the need for Kurds to continue fighting on the West's behalf.

DECEMBER 9, 2019

MARCH 14, 2018

Saladdin Ahmed

Turkey’s war on Kurds and the fate of the European project

Turkey’s war on Kurds and the fate of the European project

The Latest Erdogan-ISIS Plot against Kurds

Emancipating Space: The Female Body vs. the Sacred

Diyarbakir: The City of Resistance, the City that Refuses to Die

The Flawed Logic of the Academic Boycott of Israel

Europe’s Compromise with Turkish Fascism

From Hitler to Erdogan: Liberal Passivity in the Face of Another Rising Fascist Empire

The Criminalization of Critique in Erdogan’s Totalitarian Turkey