In almost every European city where Turkish immigrants live, it is common to see supporters of Turkey’s ruling party or the fans of a victorious football club taking to streets with motorcades, . . .
A short break
Dear Readers, Firdevstalkturkey.com will be back in September. Wishing everyone a peaceful summer. . . .
Giving up is not an option
In the course of the last two weeks in Turkey, the crushing blow of disappointment over the victory of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, his Justice and Development Party and its ultra-nationalists . . .
Will the Austrian presidency make a difference to Turkey-EU relations?
On July 1, Austria will take over the rotating EU presidency. In coalition with the far-right Freedom Party, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s conservative government said preventing illegal . . .
Turkey’s elections- the day after
The 24th June early presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey were neither free nor fair. But as stated in the OSCE observer mission’s preliminary report, despite “the restrictive legal . . .