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Can Austria’s anti-mosque decision turn to Erdogan as vote?

15/06/2018 Turkey

[authorbox authorid="92" title="The Author"] A ustrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s move to close mosques frustrates Turkey’s President Erdogan. Kurz’s statement on closing seven mosques and expel around 60 imams and their families seems to trigger a…

Erdogan the merchant of Gaza

13/06/2018 Turkey

Tionenji Lishomwa

[authorbox authorid="89" title="The Author"] T here is a complex web of vested interests and moral battles surrounding the notorious Gaza conflict. The deaths of Palestinians being used as ‘human shields’ have been used as a…

President Erdogan’s juggling act

17/05/2018 Beyond Europe, Turkey

Robert Ellis

[authorbox authorid="83" title="The Author"] A t Tuesday’s press conference with Turkey’s President Erdogan, the best Theresa May could muster in the form of condemnation of Turkey’s human rights abuses was a pious reminder: “I have…

Erdogan’s Parallel State in Kosovo Functions Despite Prime Minister Haradinaj

30/03/2018 Turkey

Julien Hoez

O n the 29th March 2018, six Turkish nationals from a college in Kosovo were “urgently” detained, arrested, and subsequently deported to Turkey due to alleged links to exiled cleric Fethullah Gülen. No doubt…

Turkey and Europe: The Great Divide

27/03/2018 Beyond Europe, Turkey

Robert Ellis

[authorbox authorid="83" title="The Author"] A fter Monday’s summit in Varna, Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borissov could heave a sigh of relief. Beforehand, he feared the meeting between European Council President Donald Tusk and European President…

EP Shadow Rapporteur Describes ‘How to React to the Rule of Despotism in Turkey’

09/03/2018 Beyond Europe, Turkey

Renate Sommer

[authorbox authorid="82" title="The Author"] T he state of the rule of law, democracy and human rights in Turkey is shocking. Since the failed coup, the Turkish government misuses the steadily prolonged state of emergency to…

Monday Talks on the Future of EU-Turkey Relations

05/03/2018 Turkey

Vocal Europe

A s part of our Monday Talks series, we have hosted Ana Gomes and Anders Vistisen to discuss the current state of the relations between the European Union and Turkey. The two influential members of the…

OPINION | If Erdoğan has a boss, it must be Doğu Perinçek

11/02/2018 Beyond Europe, Turkey

Leonardo Veneziani

N o doubt that there is a new and strange alliance in Turkey’s current political landscape. However, to understand the full awkwardness of this co-operation, one needs to take a few steps back in…

INTERVIEW — Former Turkish Navy Officer Recounts Unfair Dismissal, Detention and Torture

07/02/2018 Beyond Europe, Turkey

Leighann Spencer

[authorbox authorid="58" title="The Author"] H üseyin Demirtaş was a Turkish Navy Officer for 22 years, after spending eight years at Naval High School and Naval Academy. He served in various regions as a Commanding Officer…

Old habits die hard: Turkey and Greece continue their troubled relation

12/01/2018 The Opinion, Turkey

Irene Christodoulaki

[authorbox authorid="28" title="The Author"] M any labelled the visit of the Turkish President to Greece early on December as historic. It had been more than six decades since a Turkish President stepped his foot in…

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