December 15, 2013

Welcome to the Republic of Paranoia

Emre Uslu

Since conflicting with the secularist segments of society in the Gezi Park events, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has taken on a paranoid mentality that tends to relate all developments that are against the AKP government with some form of conspiracy against it.

Post-Kemalist but still illiberal Turkey

İhsan Dağı

Many, including myself, expected that the defeat of Kemalism by a broad coalition of liberals, democrats and conservatives under the political leadership of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) would lead to a democratic regime in Turkey with a liberal constitution.

THY chief slams official's offensive tweet about Gülen

Chairman of Turkey's flagship carrier Turkish Airlines (THY) Hamdi Topçu has criticized an offensive tweet about Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, saying that “necessary steps will be taken.”

Middle East's struggle for democracy: Going beyond headlines

Alp Aslandoğan*

The ongoing struggle in the Middle East is not between the so-called Islamists and secularists. It's not pro-Morsi vs. pro-military in Egypt, or even Assad vs. opposition in Syria. The real struggle is between those committed to the core values of democracy and human rights and those who want to maintain a status quo of authoritarianism and domination.

Selam actress sponsors orphanage in Sudan

Actress Burcin Abdullah, starring as Zehra in the movie Selam -based on true stories of teachers at Turkish schools abroad- sponsored an orphanage in Khartoum, Sudan.