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Politics makes biased fools of us all

With tapes of voice recordings of Erdogan being leaked, whether they are authentic or not, what we believe today is what we want to believe.

By Oguz Alyanak

/ 20 Mar 2014

Politics makes biased fools of us all

With tapes of voice recordings of Erdogan being leaked, whether they are authentic or not, what we believe today is what we want to believe.

By Oguz Alyanak

/ 20 Mar 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

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 many crises of Erdogan: have we come to an end-game?

This piece is an attempt to revisit some of the key crises afflicting the AKP and its leader, and in light of this analysis, investigate some claims that foretell the AKP’s doom.

By Oguz Alyanak

/ 12 Jan 2014

The many crises of Erdogan: have we come to an end-game?

This piece is an attempt to revisit some of the key crises afflicting the AKP and its leader, and in light of this analysis, investigate some claims that foretell the AKP’s doom.

By Oguz Alyanak

/ 12 Jan 2014

Hagia Sophia: between consecration and contestation

Should Hagia Sophia become a mosque? Or should it become a church?

By Oguz Alyanak and Alexandra Mateescu

/ 3 Dec 2013

Hagia Sophia: between consecration and contestation

Should Hagia Sophia become a mosque? Or should it become a church?

By Oguz Alyanak and Alexandra Mateescu

/ 3 Dec 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

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

The two ends of Turkish democracy: opening up and covering up

About ten days after the democratic package was introduced, Turkey was tested, this time by a woman with décolletage. Turkey failed that test too.

By Oguz Alyanak

/ 23 Oct 2013

The two ends of Turkish democracy: opening up and covering up

About ten days after the democratic package was introduced, Turkey was tested, this time by a woman with décolletage. Turkey failed that test too.

By Oguz Alyanak

/ 23 Oct 2013