This Man Has the Toughest Job in Turkey
By JARED MALSIN TIME Selahattin Demirtas heads HDP, Turkey’s main opposition party and a Kurdish force — which means he’s caught in Turkey’s political divide [more >>>]
Turkey – Minority Rights
Turkey vs. Free Press
By UZAY BULUT* Gatestone Institute “What I’m going through can face all journalists out there. They can use laws to put you in prison just [more >>>]
The revival of Turkey’s ‘lynching’ culture
By FEHIM TAŞTEKIN* Al Monitor Turkey’s collective memory is heavily burdened with state-provoked, politically motivated mob violence attempts against minority groups, colloquially described as “lynching.” In [more >>>]
Turkey’s Erdoğan Is Hanging on for Dear Life
By BEHLÜL ÖZKAN* The World Post ISTANBUL — The June 7 elections in Turkey spelled the end of 13 years of single-party rule by the [more >>>]
Call from Artists to Artists to Campaign for Peace
By BEYZA KURAL bianet.org Artists seeking answer to question “What should be done for the sake of peace, humanity, environment, future, and environment?” upon Independent [more >>>]
A New Awakening: An Interview with Nor Zartonk’s Sayat Tekir
By NANORE BARSOUMIAN* The Armenian Weekly An Armenian Struggle Against Rights Abuses in Turkey ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)—In late June, as the live-in demonstration to save [more >>>]
Politics and diplomacy in Turkey: time to talk
By WILLIAM GOURLAY* opendemocracy.net Beset by domestic and regional crises, Turkey has adopted a defensive posture where dialogue would be preferable. The news coming out [more >>>]
A Turkish Stadium Harbors a Stark Message for Multiculturalism
By JAMES DORSEY* The Huffington Post A condemned Turkish stadium harbours a dark warning of the long-term consequences of ethnic cleansing or what Turks euphemistically [more >>>]
Attack against Camp Armen Volunteers
BIA News Desk Volunteers who have been on duty for 100 days in Camp Armen not to let the camp be broken down and to [more >>>]
Post-Suruç Turkey
By CAGLA AYKAC opendemocracy.net It has been not much more than a couple of weeks since 31 young activists were killed in a suicide bombing [more >>>]