Qoser Raids Raise Questions Over Turkey’s ‘Peace Process’

While Turkey speaks of a new “peace process”, police raids on Kurdish homes in Qoser (Kızıltepe), Mardin, have raised serious questions about what this process actually means for Kurds.

According to local reports, three people — S.A., R.K. and R.L. — were detained during police raids. They were reportedly investigated over allegations of “making propaganda for an organisation” and were later released under judicial control.

Images from one of the raids reportedly show heavily armed police entering a home where children were also present.

For many Kurds, the contradiction is clear: how can Turkey claim to be pursuing peace while Kurdish citizens continue to face police raids and political investigations?

After previous attempts at a “solution process” ended without a lasting political settlement, scepticism is understandable.

From a Kurdish perspective, the current process risks looking less like a genuine solution and more like another political strategy — one aimed at weakening Kurdish political mobilisation and removing the Kurdish question from the political agenda without actually resolving it.

If this is truly a peace process, the question is simple: where is the political change for Kurds?

KurdishUK Editorial