In Britain, Remembrance Sunday fell on the 10th of November this year. As I was joining the people of my adopted country in a moment of contemplation to honour their heroes, altogether another kind of . . .
Archives for November 2013
HAPPY 15TH BIRTHDAY TO OSCE’S RFOM!
The Office of the OSCE’s Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFOM), the Vienna-based inter-governmental media watchdog, is celebrating its 15th anniversary this month. The Representative on . . .
IT IS ALL ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, published a comprehensive report of life satisfaction, well- being and the impact of the economic crisis in 36 countries, including . . .
CONDEMNATORY CONSERVATISM OF AKP
Turkey is the country that most commonly falls foul of the European Court of Human Rights. The majority of Turkey’s violations concern the length of legal proceedings, right to a fair trial, abuses . . .
WHERE IS TURKEY AMONG THE WORLD’S HAPPIEST AND SADDEST?
London-based independent think-tank The Legatum Institute has launched its yearly Prosperity Index and it contains striking results for Turkey. For the past five years, Legatum has been putting . . .