There was no pretense of impartiality when President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan began his rallying cry in the western province of Uşak on Wednesday. Although the emblems of the ruling Justice and . . .
Archives for May 2015
A change of political direction is needed to stop the ongoing assault on Turkey’s media
We are in the last two weeks of the campaign for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Turkey and pressure on media outlets and on individual journalists has already reached unprecedented . . .
Turkey and the world must be ready for an unprecedented rise in asylum-seekers
A massive surge in the number of refugees in Europe, the Middle East and in the Southeast Asian seas has made an international reassessment of asylum and migration policies more urgent than before. . . .
Real issues that are ignored in Turkish elections
On the 7th May, Britain is holding one of the most unpredictable general elections with no party to win a majority. There are strict rules and regulations governing television and radio broadcasts . . .