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Luxury and poverty hand-in-hand in Turkey MELİS ALPHAN

Luxury and poverty hand-in-hand in Turkey

According to the newly-released income and living conditions survey of the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK), the rich have become richer while the poor have become poorer.

September 23 2016
Shared values, not shared enemies MELİS ALPHAN

Shared values, not shared enemies

I was 15 years old in the mid-1990s.

September 19 2016
The arrests of journalists and other civilians MELİS ALPHAN

The arrests of journalists and other civilians

When the state of emergency (OHAL) was declared, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan himself said it would “absolutely not be used as a practice against democracy, the law and freedoms. On the contrary, it aims to protect and strengthen these values.”

September 09 2016
Join the efforts of these young people MELİS ALPHAN

Join the efforts of these young people

In the World Giving Index, Turkey always ranks among the bottom. In 2010, among 153 countries, Turkey was 134th; in 2011, it was 136th; in 2012, among 146 countries, we were the 137th; in 2013 and 2014, among 135 countries, we were 128th. In other words, our latest ranking was seventh from the bottom in the world

September 08 2016
Domestic classes on introduction to violence MELİS ALPHAN

Domestic classes on introduction to violence

If you search YouTube for “Tokat oyunu” (Slapping Game), you will see a long list of many video links. In some of them a father plays it with his son or daughter, in others two brothers play

September 05 2016
A film festival in Van, against all odds MELİS ALPHAN

A film festival in Van, against all odds

In 35 years, the Istanbul Film Festival has raised a generation of movie-makers. Some of them met the cinema in this festival; some of them watched movies that opened new worlds in their minds in this festival

September 01 2016
That masculine tongue giving instructions to women MELİS ALPHAN

That masculine tongue giving instructions to women

It was back in 2013 when British Conservative MP Richard Graham recommended that women should not wear short skirts and high heels if they wanted to avoid rape while walking home alone through London’s Gloucester Park

August 29 2016
Would you want a rip-off or a beating for dessert MELİS ALPHAN

Would you want a rip-off or a beating for dessert?

When abroad, when you are eating out, the waiter would attend to your table every 10 minutes or so and ask if you were content or whether there was anything else you wished for

August 26 2016
A documentary on coal power plants MELİS ALPHAN

A documentary on coal power plants

A woman in a village tells her story in the middle of her garden, which used to be right in the middle of paradise

August 18 2016