“We Are Scared of Our Own Shadow”: An Interview with Raphael Liogier on Islamo-Paranoia in France
First thing we should do is to stop talking all the time about Islam. Because…
Middle Class Discontent Will Have Disruptive Consequences: An Interview with Lütfi Sunar
Slowing economic growth, cuts on living wages and narrowing opportunities for social mobility have led…
Media is the Message Now: An Interview with Dr. Hakkı Öcal on Foreign Media Outlets in Turkey
No harm can come from free communication. But we need to know, who is doing…
Art, Artists and Politics: No Limits for Transgression?
It is impossible to think of artists as beings without political thoughts but when they…
Turgut Cansever: In pursuit of wisdom through architecture
Turgut Cansever’s primary concern was to combine architecture with ethics that entailed a quintessential overlap…
How to Make an Ottoman Clock in the Twenty First Century, An Interview With Professor Lutfi Sunar
When a team at the Scientific Studies Association (İLEM) designed a clock with Ottoman features,…
When Ideology Overwhelms Reason: Messianic Aspects of Gülenism, An Interview with Professor Ahmet Yaşar Ocak
Gülen is a sincere believer in his mission. He claims that he communicates with the…
DAESH: Documenting a Modern Heresy, Interview with Belkıs Kılıçkaya
Faruk Yaslıçimen interviewed Belkıs Kılıçkaya, a distinguished Turkish journalist, about DAESH, on which she made a…
Investing in Turkey, Investors’ Perspective: Interview with Tarek O. Al-Kasabi
Faruk Yaslıçimen interviewed Tarek O. Al-Kasabi, a Saudi businessman, about his company’s investments in Turkey.
German Media and Turkey
Media is not a global vending machine, where you go and want something. If you…
Going Back to the Origins: Change and Continuity in Egyptian Society
Faruk Yaslıçimen interviewed with the director of the Yunus Emre Institute in Cairo and tried…
Diyanet Center of America: An Architectural Quest for Identity
A visitor of the Diyanet Center in Maryland notes that the mosque is already filled…