Old and new protest songs from Russia, Turkey, and the former Yugoslavia. “Discipline”, Borghesia (1989)…
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Turkey’s First Lady Speaks: Mrs. Erdoğan and Political Women in History
The First Lady of Turkey comments on the harems of the Ottoman Empire and the…
Turkey’s Mysterious Disappearing Refugees
Official refugee estimates by the United Nations and the Turkish government are calculated by registration…
Serbia – Turkey Relations Enter Unlikely “Golden Age”
Welcome to the “golden age” of Serbia – Turkey relations. The Turkish Foreign Ministry’s website…
Turkey, Kurds and the Islamic State: Is there a way out of the Syria quagmire?
Since the June 2015 elections, Turkey has been run by an acting government overseen by…
LGBT Crackdown in Turkey: The Perils of Visibility
Describing himself as “a conservative nationalist first, a gay man second,” Melih Meşeli has little…
Turkey’s Election Portends Period of Uncertainty, Instability
On Sunday, Turkey’s political landscape was transformed. The leftist pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) managed…