April 28, 2014

Russia selects finalists for 12th Turkish Olympiad

The elimination round of the Turkish Olympiad in Russia has been held in a prestigious concert hall where around 300 students showed their skills in the categories of poem recitation, singing, reading and writing.

Turkey's tryst with democracy (2)

Anwar Alam*

The non-emergence of democracy as national value also lies in the ways the Turkish elite imagined (historically speaking) the success of Europe and sought to construct or reform its polity.

Tape politics

Ekrem Dumanlı

There are frequent claims that there is a secret recording of someone and that this recording is being used by the so-called parallel structure. And these are made publicly. Previously, similar remarks were made about some politicians, media bosses and even the president. The argument was that there were recordings of these figures and that these tapes were being kept secretly.

The fall of democracy and predicament of political Islam in Turkey

Begüm Burak

The Feb. 28 process in 1997, which has been defined as a “post-modern coup” in the history of Turkish politics, opened a brand new chapter for both the internal and external affairs of the Turkish state. The birth of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in the aftermath of the 1997 coup and the argument of founder of the party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that the AK Party cadre does not wear the shirt of political Islam anymore have changed Turkish politics in a radical way.

Police officer reassigned for attending dershane picnic

The Interior Ministry has reassigned police officer H.D., who worked at the National Police Department's Anti-terrorism Unit in Ankara, on the grounds that he and his child attended a picnic organized by a dershane (private preparatory school) affiliated with the faith-based Hizmet movement.