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Kurds cautiously optimistic about PKK’s ceasefire with Turkey

Conflict

For more than 40 years, the Turkish government has fought the PKK in eastern Turkey, northern Iraq and Syria. Recent efforts to establish a ceasefire between the Turkish government and the PKK raise new hopes for stability in the Middle East.

Turkish artist captures pop culture through traditional miniature techniques

Arts, Culture & Media

Growing number of governments using counterterrorism to justify targeting dissidents abroad

Justice

After Assad’s fall, long-displaced Syrians begin to return home

Syria

American students consider work opportunities abroad after graduation

Study abroad and beyond
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Episode 9: The Note

Lethal Dissent

Mohammad Shabani’s suicide note is analyzed by a handwriting expert and Fariba Nawa gets the results. She follows the ripple effects of the new information, and Mohammad’s best friend tries to make sense of what it means.

In southern Turkey, a surf school helps earthquake survivors process trauma and loss

Lifestyle

The beachside community of Samandağ was devastated by last year’s earthquakes in southern Turkey, which killed roughly 60,000 people. Today, a small surf center introduces local teenagers to the sport — and a way to process trauma while facing fear.

A new wave of Kurds fleeing Turkey bring their own sound to Nashville’s Music City

Immigration

Nashville has been a popular destination for Kurdish refugees in the US. Today, Kurdish newcomers are trying to preserve their culture. Community centers and associations are helping new arrivals maintain a connection to their heritage while navigating life in a new country.

Small businesses already feeling the pain after Instagram block in Turkey 

Arts, Culture & Media

Instagram has gone dark in Turkey — after the Turkish government unexpectedly blocked the app late last week. The move does not bode well for a community of small, Instagram-based businesses in the country. 

Episode 8: Officials

Lethal Dissent

Fariba Nawa is threatened. She steers her reporting to focus on impunity. The investigation into Iran’s hunt for dissidents goes to the United Nations, inside a Turkish parliamentary hearing, and to the US State Department to find out if anyone will intervene.

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