Criminalizing Resistance: The UK’s Crackdown on Palestine Action
Democracies depend on dissent, protest, and the freedom to question authority. When protest is criminalized, the balance of power can shift away from citizens toward the state.
Politics
Turkey’s Snap Elections: Why During the State of Emergency?
In the Ottoman Code of Civil Law, there is a nice rule: “Bad examples do not serve as models.” I…
The US Pretends No More in Giving Israel What it Wants
The Middle East as a whole has to live with a reality where the U.S. not only fails to provide…
How Turkey’s Political Parties select their MP Candidates
While some parties followed a more transparent method and informed the public at every stage of their parliamentary candidacy process,…
How Sanctions Prevented Iran from Becoming a Regional Power
With its great potential in natural resources such as oil and gas, Iran would have been a regional power if…
No Unified Front for Turkey’s Ethnic Kurdish Parties
The goals of small Kurdish parties in creating a Kurdistan free from the Turkish state’s jurisdiction is neither realistic nor…
What Does Erdogan’s Leadership Mean for Turkish Politics?
Turkey will reach the moment of political normalcy and Erdogan will then retreat to a less prominent position. Under current…
Double Standards and Wishful Thinking as Policy Instruments
The federal government has to be sincere and diminish its obvious and continuous double standards. If a country permanently tries…
Uninvited Guests of the Inhospitable Sea
The EU severely depends on Turkey, as it did regarding the Aegean Sea, in the subjects of the prevention of…
The Nakba, 70 years on
During the opening of the ceremony, protests broke out across Gaza. 58 protesters have been killed and 2,700 have been…
The 300 French Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Just as France did not act with religious motifs while colonizing Africa, it also did not employ such motifs in…
Insights of the AK Party’s Manifesto
The AK Party’s manifesto for the June 24 elections is beyond being an ordinary election manifesto. The manifesto also reveals…
Ince’s Dilemma in his Appeal to the Kurdish Constituency
As Ince continues his appeal to HDP voters, Aksener’s constituency and the secular nationalist CHP constituency will also distance themselves…
Erdogan’s New Way in Turkish Foreign Policy
This time, Erdogan’s way in Turkish foreign policy is a strategy to save the country first and to turn it…
Can the “TAMAM” Campaign End the Opposition’s Underdog Position?
In all these years as the AK Party has pursued society’s demands for ending the domination of the bureaucratic elites…
International Mount of Olives Peace Awards 2018
With the attendance of President Erdogan, awards were given to Craig and Cindy Corrie on behalf of Rachel Corrie, who…
A National Hero’s Quest for Justice: the Story of Mohamed Aboutrika in Egypt
One of the unlawful practices of the regime is placing individuals on a terror list. Once placed, suspects are issued…
US will lose from ending Iran deal: Turkey’s president
Recep Tayyip Erdogan says U.S. signed the 2015 agreement, it cannot just annul it at will, warning of new crises…
The CHP’s Confusion Regarding the Presidential Election
While all major Turkish political parties nominated their de jure or de facto party leader as their presidential candidate, the…
