Cem Ryan

James (Cem) Ryan is a writer living in Istanbul, Turkey. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he holds a Ph.D. in literature. His historical novel, Natural Affinities, about New York City during World War I, was published in 2004 by (www.trafford.com/robots/03-1783.html).


  • LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA: Turkey in an Arena of Trials

    LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA: Turkey in an Arena of Trials

    I write this letter to you, Mr. President, with my highest and warmest regards, best wishes, and my hope for a better, more just world.

  • Welcome to Chile

    Welcome to Chile

    Leftist roundups, newspaper purges, cleansing of university faculties, destruction of culture, destroying the cultural habit and constitutional right of street demonstrations… Pinochet called it “cleaning the streets of human garbage.” Here, his bully-boy buddies call it “ Turkey cleaning its intestines.”

  • THESE OUTRAGES

    THESE OUTRAGES

    Behold Turkey! The land where the innocent go to jail and the criminals go to parliament. A land wracked by poverty and unemployment, a land […]