Turks and Kurds in London and the left
Sep 16 2008
Anyone know anything interesting to read on Kurdish and Turkish communities in London, nationalist stuff, their own leftist stuff and relations to other leftist stuff?
Sep 17 2008
#2
Preferably something recently up to date about their relations with each other and the various leftist groups I see posters for everywhere, just interested in how the communities fit togther and how they dont (i recently noticed them not during some of the football Turkey was winning and the Kurds reacting in the street etc.)
Sep 19 2008
#3
I think that you would be better off talking to some of them. There are Turkish anarchists in London even. I think Ret Marut knows them.
Devrim
Sep 19 2008
#4
HSG has someone with a turkish background, he's pretty knowledgeable about most things.
he posted on here and MATB as sihhi but I don't think he posts anymore. I've lost his email unfortunately.
Sep 23 2008
#5
I have his email which you can fbook me for if you want. He doesn't answer it so much though - or maybe that's just me 
Sep 25 2008
#6
He's not much of a one for computers and technology iirc.
Does this mean I know you posi?
Sep 26 2008
#7
I don't know. I don't think so... I don't know the guy well.
Oct 11 2008
#8
I went to the Kurdish film festival in East London and saw A Time for Drunken Horses
concerns a family of Kurds on the Iran/Iraq border and their proud humanity
matter-of-fact acceptance dunno if that might give you any insight.
it's political only to the point where you have an understanding of the legacy of the tensions
and how that impacts everyday life.
Oct 17 2008
#9
I'm not sure whether any of the 5th of May group are still around in london, i'll see if i spot anyone at the bookfair tomorrow and get an address for you.
What sort of stuff do you want to read, Rakan? I would say that most things are in Turkish though.
Devrim