From Kiev to Dubai: Erdoğan’s compulsory U-turns
As the waters in the Black Sea heat up despite the snowfall and freezing temperatures, Erdoğan went to Kiev and...
Hrant and ‘The Cut’
Fathi Akın’s film "The Cut", which was first screened on the centennial of the Armenian Genocide, is not widely known...
The Sick Man and His Resuscitation
There have been many domestic and foreign initiatives demanding the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala, who has been imprisoned for...
Erdoğan is not going without a bang
General elections will be held no later than 2023, and opinion polls show the Erdogan-led AKP in decline. The ruling...
Racist Inferno
Unprecedented wildfires erupted in late July on the coastline of the Mediterranean and Aegean regions, burning nearly 100,000 hectares of...
Peker revelations: the Turkish narco-state in transition
The nature of the relationship between the economic base and the political superstructure has been the subject of rigorous research...
Genocide and the Kurds’ Turkish problem
‘Cove tutti sono colpevoli nessuno e colpevole.’ (Sicilian saying) Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami’s award winning film, Taste of Cherry, is about...
Newroz, or, post-traumatic nationalist disorder
Zafer Yörük Newroz is a millenniums old near and central Asian holiday which coincides with the March equinox, traditionally celebrated...
Erdoğan’s human rights action plan: Ill intentions or ignorance?
Turkish president (Recep Tayyip) Erdoğan launched on Tuesday a "human rights action plan", which claims the protection of freedom of...
Gare and the Moon
On Monday, February 8, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed the general public, calling on the Turkish nation to watch...