As Turkey continues to struggle under a wave of terror attacks by different groups, the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan are resorting to threatening and xenophobic rhetoric at a time when they need local and international allies
Stories of the sexual abuse of minors have been pouring in for the last couple of weeks
When then-U.S. President George W. Bush made his famous “you are either with us or the terrorist” speech in the U.S. Congress on Sept. 20, 2001, nine days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, many people voiced concerns about the consequences of such a policy
The ghost of its former leader is chasing the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), raising the unfortunate possibility of taking the party back to its old methods of non-policy politics
When the referee blew the final whistle in a Ziraat Turkish Cup game on Jan. 31 in Bursa, he marked the end of a football match and the start of a fresh debate over politics and sports
Almost all journalists and party members who followed the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) convention over the weekend in Ankara agreed that it was probably the most low-spirited, dull party convention held in the last decade
Turkey has turned into a country of suicide attacks, killings and massacres. The pressure on those who want to talk about such issues is constantly growing
Turkey's top religious state institution has no use for the non-Sunni or non-Muslims in this country – after all, they are on the path to perdition
Sports and politics have never been two separate issues, especially in a country such as Turkey. After 13 years of one-party rule, the influence of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Turkish sports is ever obvious
