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Irfan Kovankaya

Kovankaya is a communications professional at Spitfire Strategies. He graduated from the University of Florida with a double major in political science and international studies with a focus on the Middle East, and a minor in history.

 

Items by Irfan Kovankaya

  • Turkish youth activists demand Ankara cut trade with Israel

    Thousands of youth in Istanbul and across Turkiye have marched for a free Palestine since 7 October. Protestors, though, find themselves walking a thin line between arrest and freedom that is often not based on permits or peacefulness, but effectiveness or lack thereof. Turkish activists like in “Thousand Youth for...

  • American Muslims will not sign our ballots in blood

    Former US President, George Bush, launched the War on Terror and invaded Iraq under false pretences. Barack Obama launched over 500 known drone strikes, killing over 300 civilians. Donald Trump escalated these strikes in his first two years in office and then revoked reporting mechanisms. And, now, President Joe...

  • Israel’s war on truth in occupied Palestine 

    Malcolm X warned us that the media is the most powerful entity on earth. It has the power to determine innocence and dictate guilt, but does it have the power to kill? The death toll in Palestine has surpassed 10,000 and anti-Palestinian violence has made its way to US soil...