About Oguz Alyanak

Oguz Alyanak is a recent graduate of the University of Chicago (M.A in Social Sciences-Anthropology). He also holds an M.A degree in Political Sciences and International Relations from Bogazici University, Istanbul. He is currently the Managing Editor of the Istanbul-based political science journal, Turkish Policy Quarterly.

Articles by Oguz Alyanak

A tale of two Turkeys

It was a relief to hear that others were also bothered by the divergence between the realities of Turkey and the ways they are talked about outside the country. Amnesty International, for example, in its Annual Report 2012 has outlined an expansive record of Turkey’s failures.

Turkey's social monologue

Turkey’s remedy to ethnic conflict claims to be social dialogue, however this so-called social dialogue can only be effective once a common vocabulary is deployed and the actors truly listen to one another.

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Niki Seth-Smith is a freelance journalist and co-editor of OurKingdom.

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