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[Opinion] ‘Midnight Express’ and Turkey’s ‘enemy criminal law’

Türkmen Terzi  The 1978 prison drama film “Midnight Express” tells the story of young American student Bill Hayes, who spent five years in various Turkish...

[Opinion] Show in New York, reality in Geneva

Türkmen Terzi Several prominent world leaders have failed to make an appearance at this year’s UN General Assembly, which started on Tuesday. Due to rising...

[Opinion] Is Turkey becoming a narco-state?

Türkmen Terzi Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed in 2015 that Turkish authorities were benefitting from oil trade with the Islamic State in Iraq and the...

[Opinion] Turkey’s security chiefs on the rise as Erdoğan’s health woes worsen

Türkmen Terzi Retired Turkish journalist and economist Memduh Bayraktaroğlu, who also served as an adviser to former prime minister Tansu Çiller, claimed on his YouTube...

[Opinion] Erdoğan’s battles with explicit tapes

Türkmen Terzi  The Turkish nation has arguably never enjoyed a fully functional democracy. Following the establishment of Ataturk’s secular republic after the collapse of the...

[Opinion] Controversy and criticism mounting as wildfires rage in Turkey

Türkmen Terzi  Soaring temperatures and powerful winds have caused destructive wildfires to break out across the Mediterranean, including in Sicily, Italy, western Greece, Syria, Cyprus...

[Opinion] Syrian civil war gives a lifeline to the Erdoğan regime

Türkmen Terzi  The Syrian people enduring a 10-year-long civil war are experiencing arguably the worst human tragedy of the 21st century. More than 13 million...

[ANALYSIS] Will the Black Sea turn into a Russian lake?

Fatih Yurtsever*   Since the end of the 18th century, the Black Sea has been a political and military battleground between Turkey and Russia. The pressure...

[Opinion] Europe must stop tolerating Erdoğan to keep migrants at bay

Sevgi Akarçeşme Migration is a hot button issue in pretty much all parts of the world, particularly Europe and North America. As people flee from...

[Opinion] Secular elites challenge gov’t narrative on Turkey’s coup

Türkmen Terzi Turkey marked the fifth anniversary of a July 15, 2016 coup attempt amid many questions regarding inconsistencies and contradictions related to the incident....

From institutional autonomy to partisan decay: Turkey’s foreign service and the 2016 coup as a milestone

Ali Dinçer* The failed military coup of July 2016, or the Turkish government’s disproportionate response to it, has made the incident a milestone for the...

[Opinion] Erdoğan’s self-coup continues

Türkmen Terzi  On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, the Republic of Turkey is going to commemorate the...

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