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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaErdogan at a crossroad: dictatorship or democracyAn interview with A.H. Banisadr, Iran’s former president, about the aftermath of the coup in Turkey.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTwo visions of politics in Turkey: authoritarian and revolutionaryPolitics is not a mere choice between white and black, but rather a creative way of people running their daily lives...
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Published in: HomeKurdish women’s battle continues against state and patriarchy, says first female co-mayor of Diyarbakir. InterviewAfter this military coup, the government may use this as an excuse to strengthen their sexist, militarist and...
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Published in: HomeIs Turkey’s opposition becoming loyal to an increasingly authoritarian political system?President Erdoğan invited the CHP and MHP to meet to discuss steps to be taken in the wake of the coup. The HDP, as...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageHuman rights and the failed coup in TurkeyThere are risks for human rights in the post-coup purges in Turkey. But we must applaud more loudly the coup’s...
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Published in: Home‘You can’t deny the people forever’. Kurdish voices in exileOver baklava and sweet tea, openDemocracy hears about Turkey’s post-coup crackdown and the dreams of an independent...
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Published in: HomeTurkey coup aftermath: between neo-fascism and BonapartismPredictions about the consequences of Turkey’s failed coup focus on how it fulfils Erdoğan’s desire for an...
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Published in: HomeSur: against state violence in Turkey - an interview with former mayor Abdullah DemirbasAs a richly articulated living history, Sur shattered the stereotype of the Middle East as intellectually backwards...
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Published in: HomeCoup d'état attempt: Turkey’s Reichstag fire?We are witnessing the consolidation of a new form of authoritarianism with a populist streak.
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Published in: HomeThe rise and fall of Turkey's progressive oppositionTurkey's pro-Kurdish opposition party, the HDP, roared into parliament on the back of a rainbow coalition of...
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Published in: Home15 steps for Turkish-Kurdish peaceFor a ‘one state solution’, and sustainable peace, political and constitutional changes need to be adopted,...
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Published in: HomeIn Turkey, the regime slides from soft to hard totalitarianismThe resemblances to interwar Italy are unmistakable, and the results are gradually turning out to be almost as fatal.
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Published in: HomeTurkey’s other ‘Gezi’ momentThere were two Gezi moments: one, a resistance to neoliberal authoritarianism; the other, a defence of...
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Published in: HomeCensorship and conspiracy theories rule the day in post-election TurkeyThere is an undeniable link between media censorship and the proliferation of conspiracy theories in Turkey. In...
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Published in: 50.50The promise of gender parity: Turkey’s People’s Democratic Party (HDP)The Turkish HDP's egalitarian gender ideology played a key role in the election of a record number of women to...
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Published in: HomeWhat is Fethullah Gülen’s real mission?To what extent, wittingly or otherwise, is the leader of Hizmet – a worldwide religious, social, and political...
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Published in: HomeTurkey's struggle: Erdoğan vs Gülen
A series of escalating crises in Turkey is reshaping political alliance and enmities. It also casts a shadow over...
