[dropcap size=small]O n March 18, 2016, the EU and Turkey signed a deal, effective immediately, with the broad goal of stemming the flow of “irregular migration” into Europe, and creating safe and legal channels…
I t has been the four years since corruption scandals implicating President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his family members and prominent high-level politicians and bureaucrats were revealed to the country on December 17 and 25,…
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[dropcap size=small]T Turkey and Israel were once close allies, bonded as two states surrounded by hostile regimes. However, Turkey has stated in recent days that US President Donald Trump’s move to declare…
[dropcap size=small]M agic bullets, hypodermic needles and the media. It’s an odd mix, but it can help to explain why at least some people simply believe whatever they are told.
According to the magic…
M iddle East has never been a simple place. Yet nowadays, this region is especially turbulent -- with waves rocking several countries, so big that their effects are being felt worldwide, including Europe. It's…
IN less than a fortnight, a new political party will be launched in Turkey, trying to contest the absolute dominance of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his party in the country. The leading figure…
T he OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media plays a crucial role that is valued tremendously by journalists and media freedom groups to speak out in defense of press freedom in states of…
T he failed coup attempt of July 2016 in Turkey is still having its echo around Turkey and all over the world. Fetullah Gülen, the nemesis of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is still…
''Let’s be brutal: democracy is dying. And the most startling thing is how few ordinary people are worried about it'' wrote Paul Mason, an expert on social justice, in the Guardian.
''Instead we compartmentalize the…
Robespierre said in one of his speeches, “The revolutionary government owes to the good citizen all the protection of the nation; it owes nothing to the Enemies of the People but death”.
In other words,…