April 27, 2014

Turkey's tryst with democracy (1)

Anwar Alam*

Turkey's tryst and predicament with political modernity, which started with the Tanzimat (Reformation) Era of 1839-1876 and developed more vigorously in the form of the Kemalist revolution in the early 1920s, continue to be illusory, notwithstanding substantial progress that has been made.

The story of the government media's smear campaign against Hizmet

The pro-government media have been the main actors in ongoing efforts to cover up graft allegations against the government by turning the Hizmet movement and civil servants trying to do their jobs into a target.

Alienating Turkey

Orhan Oğuz Gürbüz

Turkey was expecting steps towards normalization in society following the mayoral elections. However, it seems that the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government has decided to escalate tension in the run-up to the presidential election scheduled to take place in August.