The approaching centenary of the genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman empire is a moment for Turkey's civil society...

Turkey's political leadership has created a distinctive form of rule. But growing strains now make it harder than...

The fierce conflicts of Turkey's last year may create the foundations of a new socio-political consensus, says Galip Dalay.

As the Erdogan government in Turkey takes an increasingly authoritarian turn, trade unionists have been in the...

A series of escalating crises in Turkey is reshaping political alliance and enmities. It also casts a shadow over...

The Gezi park protests of June 2013 drew the attention of the world to a very urban conflict in Turkey's most...

The drive to reclaim a people's right to their city led to the revival of Turkish civic identity and highlighted the...

Members of resistance movements from Egypt, Turkey and Tunisia come together on Gezi Radyo to compare experiences,...

The revelation that modern Turkey continues secretly to classify its citizens according to religious criteria...

Turkey's urban citizens are standing up against authoritarian governance, and for their right to the city, their...

We are the resistance. We are not victims. We are citizens with a duty to defend our commons, and we will not bargain.

Another sleepless night in Istanbul as thousands of people take to the streets to oppose Erdogan's increasingly...

The public demonstrations in Turkey are a challenge to the social destruction and political regression being pushed...

The simmering dissent and dissatisfaction unleashed at Gezi Park may not be enough to topple AKP's majority, but it...

Whether or not the protestors currently occupying Istanbul's Taksim square can evolve into an effective, open and...

Increasing monopolisation of power, patriarchal approach to government and a feeling of disenfranchisement by a...

The eruption of protest in Istanbul and other Turkish cities expresses vigorous opposition to the political...

Why does Turkey need a new constitution and what makes it so difficult to draft one?

Turkey's AKP government has over a decade promised a new model of governance: progressive and reformist, Islamist...

A mix of inheritance, repression and strategic vacuity is pulling Turkey's leadership into a long-term Kurdish...