The year was 1969; the incident I am going to tell happened that year during the beginning of an election campaign. Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Ali İhsan Göğüş paid a visit to party chair İsmet İnönü at his home and presented the candidate list to him that was to be handed over to the election council. Two journalists were accompanying him.
It is high time we talk about the mood of much of the country - perhaps not all Turkish citizens but at least those who are well-educated, who live a Western lifestyle, and who want to continue to do so.
The statement belongs to prominent historian Professor İlber Ortaylı. “There has been a coup in Turkey. We did not do a French revolution.”
The expression went, “The person who prays to God…” A forehead touching the prayer carpet was almost superior to a thousand diplomas in those times…
A certain man was able to make certain members of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) believe he was a religious person, a praying and submissive Muslim
"If there is one more coup in this country, I will quit this job." That was what I said years ago.
We have been witnessing in recent days the biggest propaganda campaign Turkish politics has ever seen. The resurrection...
There was interesting footage on Turkish television the other day. A U.S. soldier in the region controlled by the People’s Defense Units (YPG) was clearly saying this: “I am a member of the U.S. army. We are now going to kill them [ISIL].”
After the end of the Second World War, “Italian neorealism” dominated the world of film
