Turkish Soccer Body Penalizes Kurdish Club Amid Mounting Tensions
Category: WORLDPOST
A Turkish Football Federation (TFF) decision to penalize a third tier soccer club in the predominantly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir for adopting a Kurdish name reflects mounting tension in south-eastern Turkey.
By James Dorsey, ContributorSenior fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2015-01-17