Turkey
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Sultan Erdogan: Turkey’s Rebranding Into the New, Old Ottoman Empire
in TurkeyIn the eyes of secularists, the Europe-facing, Western-dressing, cocktail-toasting modern nation-state is being replaced by a religiously conservative one, headscarf by headscarf. CINAR KIPERAPR 5 […]
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Roboski: A part of the peace proces in Turkey
in TurkeyA parliamentary Human Rights Examination Commission in Turkey has voted in favour of a report put forward by a subcommision about the Roboski Massacre. The […]
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Ocalan calls for historic truce
in TurkeyDIYARBAKIR (Turkey) Jailed Kurdish rebel chief Abdullah Ocalan on Thursday called for a ceasefire, telling his fighters to lay down their arms and withdraw from […]
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CHP leader: ‘Genocide’ being committed against Istanbul’s skyline
in TurkeyMain opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu said a crime as big as ‘genocide’ is being committed against Istanbul’s skyline. The CHP leader […]
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Negative selection
in TurkeyTürkçe: https://www.turkishnews.com/tr/content/2013/04/05/akpye-degnekcilik-yapan-liberaller-bu-haberi-iyi-okusun/ At a think tank meeting on March 31, Aziz Babuscu, chairman of the Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) Istanbul branch, told the audience the […]
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Why the Vagueness of “Turkishness” Holds Back Turkey’s Kurds
in TurkeyAdem Altan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images A Turkish flag with the portrait of Turkey’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, floats above thousands of people celebrating Republic […]