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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow Syria’s Afrin became hell for Kurds
Turkish backed militias have turned life in Afrin into one of constant fear of torture, kidnapping, and death.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Marathon Man and 'our European Way of Life'
The migration debate ignores the political question of why hundreds or thousands of underage and adult people are...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Varosha and political ineptitude
It seems that Varosha has not only been abandoned by the United Nations and by the European Union but also by the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The East Mediterranean crisis could ignite a Greek-Turkish proxy war
A moratorium on gas and oil exploitation is needed.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionEqual eye distance: time to show more solidarity with Assyrians and other Christians
The thoughts of a Kurdish artist in exile on solidarity and art.
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionNagorno Karabakh and Turkey’s imperial ambitions
The ongoing war between Armenia and Azerbaijan is part of Turkey’s neo-imperial ambitions in the region and it must...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The EU’s pact against migration, Part One
The EU Commission’s proposal for a ‘New Pact for Migration and Asylum’ offers no prospect of ending the enduring...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhat are Syrian mercenaries doing in Azerbaijan?
How can we understand the presence of Turkish backed Syrian mercenaries in Azerbaijan?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionThe philosophy of Orbán’s misguided Christian friends
Eminent conservative Christian intellectuals in the west look to new illiberal regimes for succour. Their...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The defeat of the 'real' neo-Ottomanists
It was difficult to miss the irony of commentaries on the “triumph of neo-Ottomanism” on 24 July, when Erdoğan was...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Of music, mosques and angels
If President Erdoğan wishes to help restore the true spirit of Ayasofiya, he should free Osman Kavala now.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Turkey’s presidential dictatorship
Re-converting Ayasofya takes a major symbolic step towards the President’s ideal goal of an Islamised one-party state.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaErdogan’s private police force: a new blow to Turkish democracy
The new strengthened neighborhood watchmen can further monitor and suppress Erdogan's political opponents under the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe looming genocide against the Kurds: history should not repeat itself
Turkey’s military operations are part of an extermination policy against the Kurdish populations.
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Published in: Home: OpinionOsman Kavala and the Snails: watch, enjoy, share
The world’s first lockdown opera, ten minutes of delight against oppression
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionOsman Kavala ile Salyangozlar: İzle, Eğlen, Paylaş
Karantina altında bir dünya ilki opera, zulme karşı on dakikalık keyif
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSyria: local agreements, regional rivalry and a global pandemic
As the regime moves towards capturing Idlib, rivalry between Russia and Iran to control Syria is growing.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionCaring about social care
“I lived in Leicester and if you are a woman and you want a job there, the only jobs available are in care work. ”
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Published in: HomeWe have to grasp how conspiracy theories work
Like viruses, conspiracy theories are socially contagious and hard to stop once set in motion. We must understand...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Could Turkey’s opposition provide a model for the defeat of populist authoritarian rule?
COVID-19 could strengthen global resilience against populist authoritarianism. Those movements should also learn...