As expected, the European Commission has delivered its strongest criticism of Turkey to date. Key findings of the 2018 Progress Report on Turkey point to negative trends, especially in the areas . . .
Turkey’s healthcare needs a healthy debate
Turkey frequently makes international headlines with its domestic and foreign policy direction; but deeper changes in Turkish society, in line with the ruling Justice and Development Party’s ambition . . .
Is the latest squeeze on Turkey’s media enough to raise alarm bells?
Until now, Turkey may have been one of the most concentrated media environments in the world, but despite lacking plurality, it had remained relatively diverse. Now, with the sale of Doğan Media, . . .
How will Turkey respond to the UK-Russia dispute?
Ten days after the nerve gas attack against a former Russian spy and his daughter in Salisbury, the UK government has put the blame squarely on Russia. On Wednesday, the Prime Minister Theresa May . . .
Proposed changes will harm Turkey’s electoral credibility
Periodic and genuine, free and fair elections were, once, the pride of Turkey. The 16 April 2017 constitutional referendum, described by international election observers, as an “unlevel playing . . .