Erdogan

Bread is carried on board as workers prepare a ship from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition while it anchors in the Tuzla seaport, in Istanbul on April 19, 2024.

The Freedom Flotilla Is Sailing Into Its Most Dangerous Waters Yet The Freedom Flotilla Is Sailing Into Its Most Dangerous Waters Yet

The humanitarian convoy is trying to deliver vital aid to Gaza at a time when the stakes—and the risks—could not be higher.

Apr 26, 2024 / Saliha Bayrak

Does the AKP’s Resounding Defeat Spell the End of Erdoğan?

Does the AKP’s Resounding Defeat Spell the End of Erdoğan? Does the AKP’s Resounding Defeat Spell the End of Erdoğan?

Social democrats prevailed in local elections in Istanbul, and as Erdoğan himself says, “Whoever wins Istanbul wins Turkey.”

Apr 8, 2024 / Kaya Genç

Survivors outside collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras on February 8, 2023

Erdoğan Can’t Hide Any Longer Erdoğan Can’t Hide Any Longer

In Turkey, millions of people are suffering from a natural disaster without timely government aid. Meanwhile, Erdogan is planning for his next election. 

Feb 17, 2023 / Ece Temelkuran

Kurds

Time for Mutiny Over Turkey’s Bounties on Kurdish Leaders Time for Mutiny Over Turkey’s Bounties on Kurdish Leaders

Why is the Biden administration blindly following Donald Trump’s policy of propping up Turkey’s authoritarian president?

May 13, 2021 / Meredith Tax

Student protest Turkey

Students in Turkey Are Standing Up for LGBT Rights Students in Turkey Are Standing Up for LGBT Rights

After a newly appointed university official dissolved Bogazici University’s LGBTI+ club in January, students across the country launched a nationwide protest movement.

Mar 26, 2021 / StudentNation / Rafael Logroño

Trump’s Support May Be Dwindling, but His Assault on Regulations Continues

Trump’s Support May Be Dwindling, but His Assault on Regulations Continues Trump’s Support May Be Dwindling, but His Assault on Regulations Continues

The administration is planning to sabotage environmental oversight on public lands, privatize elements of the national park system, and stall the replacement of contaminated drinki...

Oct 18, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky

Edogan and Trump

Trump’s Erratic Syria Policy Deserves No Anti-Imperialist’s Cheers Trump’s Erratic Syria Policy Deserves No Anti-Imperialist’s Cheers

The Middle East mess requires diplomacy, not Trump’s green-lighting of Turkish aggression.

Oct 9, 2019 / Jeet Heer

Istanbul protest

Erdogan’s War on Workers Erdogan’s War on Workers

Turkey’s crackdown on dissent extends to the country’s fractured labor movement.

Dec 28, 2018 / Cole Stangler

Jamal Khashoggi

Pulp Fiction in Istanbul, or, the Looming Turkey-Saudi Cold War Pulp Fiction in Istanbul, or, the Looming Turkey-Saudi Cold War

The disappearance, and probable brutal murder, of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Turkish soil could crater an already troubled geopolitical climate.

Oct 11, 2018 / Juan Cole

A man rides his bike past damaged buildings in the old town of Homs, Syria, on August 15, 2018.

The Syrian War Is Still Raging, but the Battle Over Reconstruction Has Already Begun The Syrian War Is Still Raging, but the Battle Over Reconstruction Has Already Begun

Russia is pushing for Western funding—with little success.

Sep 5, 2018 / Richard Salame

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