Politics

'Syrian Kurds deserve cultural rights'

Roy Gutman discusses federalism in Syria and believes that Kurds in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava) deserve thier rights, especially cultural rights.

Kurdistan24 - Washington 2016/03/26 12:53

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WASHINGTON, United States (Kurdistan24) – In an interview with Kurdistan24, Roy Gutman, a Pulitzer-winning journalist for McClatchy Newspaper, discusses federalism in Syria and believes that Kurds in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava) deserve their rights, especially cultural rights.

Gutman, a prominent US journalist, was detained for hours by Turkish soldiers on April 26 near Turkey’s border with Syria. He is a former McClatchy Middle East bureau chief and now is a freelance writer based in Istanbul.

(Kurdistan24 team conducted the interview in Washington)