(Late) Halloween reading from a scary world

As usual, I think we will have a large amount of links on Turkey and Turkish politics. Here is for instance an article on a conference last week on the agenda of the Gülen movement. Also Dagens Nyheter's Per Ahlin writes on the importance of Turkey for the future of Europe. A variation of the theme was found in Dagens Nyheter here.

Touching on the tension between Turkey and the Kurds, now manifested in the threats of military action against the PKK in northern Iraq, BBC here describes Kurdish feelings across the border. Another BBC-article from inside Turkey on the same theme here. Dagens Nyheter here illustrates the same topic.

Mainstream Kurdish politicians in Turkey here with Svenska Dagbladet discuss the effects of the PKK:s actions for the Kurdish people.

Here is a debate article from Aftonbladet by a Kurdish-Swedish comedian asking for Swedish and European support for the situation of the Kurdish people. Another article from Expressen in this discussion states that a Turkish invasion would be illegal in international law.

A report from the Istanbul Book Fair, can be a contrast to the previous items.

An essay on the role of Britain in Iraq's recent history can be the last item on Turkey/Iraq, also this from Svenska Dagbladet.

But I can't refrain from mentioning the Aftonbladet's team behind webreporting from Iraq (previously feature in this blog) have been nominated to Sweden's most important journalistic pize.

Svenska Dagbladets previous (and highly praised) Middle East-correspondent Cordelia Edvardsson has published a collection of texts as a book - and Dagens Nyheter has here met and interviewed her. Also Aftonbladet's Helle Klein writes on the recent book.

Ghassan Kanafani has been republished in Swedish - reviewed here by Aftonbladet.

A Swedish review of the film on the fate of Daniel Pearl, A Mighty Heart, praising Angelina Jolie's interpretation of Mariane Pearl.

Also from Svenska Dagbladet is an article on trafficking for sexual purposes in dubai, mainly of Moldovan women.

A debate on the existence and effect of political blogging has taken place in Sweden. Also from the Swedish political debate, a (perhaps marginal comment) on an ongoing political "affair".