CHP Unable to Apologize For Dersim Massacre After 76 Years
İstanbul – BIA News Desk (Bianet) The apology made by Republican People’s Party Vice Chairman Sezgin Tanrıkulu on Dersim Massacre stirred controversy in his party. [more >>>]
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Engaging Turkey’s leadership
By JOEL SIMON* Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Last month, a delegation from the Committee to Protect Journalists and the International Press Institute met with [more >>>]
Dispatches: Azerbaijan Sets New Low for Council of Europe
By GIORGI GOGIA Human Rights Watch Azerbaijan’s six-month chairmanship of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers comes to an end this week, and not [more >>>]
Turkey’s billionaires frighten top economist Piketty
By BARIŞ BALCI Hurriyet Daily News Wealth inequality is particularly worrying for countries like Brazil, China or Turkey, which are home to more billionaires than [more >>>]
Foreign Ministry applies ban to media critical of government
Today’s Zaman The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stopped sending Foreign Ministry statements and phone text messages to a number of media outlets known to [more >>>]
Turks’ paranoia explained by their past
By MUSTAFA AKYOL (*) Al Monitor A poll by the Pew Research Center in October highlighted a trend in Turkish society with foreign policy implications: [more >>>]
Turkey accused of turning blind eye to destruction of Christian sites
BY STEPHEN STARR The Irish Times Ancient relics of Christian past are slowly being lost to history The light of day was quickly fading as [more >>>]
No More Business As Usual for Azerbaijan (video)
Civic Solidarity The Council of Europe is one of the world’s leading human rights organizations. So what happens when Azerbaijan, a country run by people [more >>>]
Turkey and the PKK: Saving the Peace Process
International Crisis Group (ICG) Europe Report N°234 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS (Istanbul/Brussels) The peace process to end the 30-year-old insurgency of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party [more >>>]
Those Who Sew Do Not Reap Profit
By NINO BAKRADZE Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) You don’t have to go to Southeast Asia to find sweatshops where workers toil under [more >>>]