Onur Burcak Belli

Onur Burçak Belli is a freelance journalist from Turkey. She mainly covers politics, political conflicts and socio-political subjects in Turkey, Syria and the broader Middle East. Currently her work is published in German weekly Die Zeit, Al Jazeera Turk monthly digital magazine and Al Jazeera English. Previously she worked for BBC World News Turkish Service, German RTL television, Newsweek, HaberTurk and Turkish Daily News. On Twitter: @OnurBurcak

Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, October 3, 2014. Turkey will do what it can to prevent the predominantly Kurdish town of Kobani, near its border with Syria, falling to Islamic State insurgents, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said late on Thursday, but stopped short of committing to military action. Hours before Davutoglu's comments, parliament gave the government pow

Kobani becomes battle for Kurds' future

Onur Burcak Belli