It has been called “Kafkaesque”, “surreal even by Turkey’s own standards”, "utterly absurd” and “tragicomic”. Some described it as an unprecedented attack to intimidate the independent media. The . . .
Archives for July 2017
Turkey- realities at home and abroad
It has been another tumultuous week for Turkey. A powerful earthquake rocked popular summer resorts on the west, while a tremor of another kind was beginning to be felt in the corridors of power in . . .
Turkey- a year after the coup attempt
On the first anniversary of the failed coup in Turkey, much remains unknown about what happened on July 15, 2016. One year on, none of the alleged coup plotters have yet been convicted. The details . . .