Foti Benlisoy

Foti Benlisoy, from Müştereklerimiz, is a historian and co-founder of the Greek-Turkish publishing house Istos. He has published a book on the protests of Greece, Tunisia and Egypt and has an upcoming about the Gezi movement - both in Turkish.

Three-way conversation in Istanbul

Members of resistance movements from Egypt, Turkey and Tunisia come together on Gezi Radyo to compare experiences, discuss ways to cooperate and debate how to build a better future.

By Foti Benlisoy, Annalena di Giovanni, Sameh Naguib and Souheil Idoudi

/ 29 Aug 2013

The Syrian irony for Turkey

Before the uprising, Erdoğan and Davutoğlu tried to turn Damascus and Aleppo into safe market havens. Perhaps Turkey still expects eventually to have the lion's share in a future reconstructed Syria, but the ruling AKP party may pay a high price for its regional policies.

By Foti Benlisoy and Annalena di Giovanni

/ 27 Mar 2013