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The inconvenient truth about child brides

It is easy for states to ratify all the necessary conventions and take all the necessary legal steps in outlawing child marriages. However, it is the very social system that produces child brides that should be put under investigation.

By Oguz Alyanak and Funda Ustek

/ 11 Feb 2014

The inconvenient truth about child brides

It is easy for states to ratify all the necessary conventions and take all the necessary legal steps in outlawing child marriages. However, it is the very social system that produces child brides that should be put under investigation.

By Oguz Alyanak and Funda Ustek

/ 11 Feb 2014

Extreme measures: invoking moral order in Turkey

While our fingers point at cohabitation and house sharing, and our minds are troubled by the imposition of a particular lifestyle, we tend to overlook a larger project of social restructuring.

By Oguz Alyanak and Funda Ustek

/ 13 Nov 2013

Extreme measures: invoking moral order in Turkey

While our fingers point at cohabitation and house sharing, and our minds are troubled by the imposition of a particular lifestyle, we tend to overlook a larger project of social restructuring.

By Oguz Alyanak and Funda Ustek

/ 13 Nov 2013

Mayor of Ankara: the diary of a troll

Soon after PM Erdogan`s comment on Twitter, detentions started for users who shared comments critical of the government or the police

By Funda Ustek

/ 30 Jun 2013