The tension stemming from the weeks-long siege of the Kurdish town Kobane in northern Syria by ISIL has gripped Turkey
The relationship between art and politics has been a source of debate throughout history, as artists challenge political systems and institutions, while those holding power use art as a means of delivering their messages.
Turkey’s education system, with its mandatory religious courses, shallow history classes, poor mathematics and science lessons, is well on the way to producing the AKP’s ‘pious generations.’
A recent European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling has highlighted once again the issue of compulsory religious classes in the Turkish education system.
A football game between Iceland and Turkey on Sept. 9 showed once again the problems of the Turkish way of dealing with sports, or in life in general.
Imagine you wake up one morning, hit the road to get to your workplace; then suddenly bam, a steel overpass collapses on you after it was hit by a truck
A 'new Turkey' is emerging as the top two posts of the country change hands and vow to embrace all citizens, but the fight against members of the so called 'parallel state' will continue on
Turkey’s two biggest political parties will hold conventions a week apart to renew their top officials, but there are major differences in the way they are going about conducting them.
We have been experiencing a “new Turkey” since the beginning of this week. A “new Turkey” in which president-elect Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is destined to become the sole decider for both the future of the ruling party and the country.
