Mehmet Can Öney

Mehmet graduated from Kocaeli University with a BA in Political Science, only to discover that everyone else is already a political scientist.

The new apathy: emotional break-off from Turkey

Young people are experiencing a numbness and profound disconnect from Turkey. Strict policies of repression and totalitarian changes in the country's constitution threaten to undo Turkish society altogether.

By Mehmet Can Öney

/ 22 Mar 2017

Erdogan and Gülen: two sides of the same coin

A response to an article in the Huffington Post appealing to Fethullah Gülen.

By Janine Rich and Mehmet Can Öney

/ 8 Aug 2016