[OPINION] Diyarbakır’s Tragedy Displays AKP’s Distaste for Multiculturalism -1 Philip Bernard Kowalski 12/03/2018 Diyarbakır is a city unlike any other in Turkey. With the second longest set of historic walls in the world that enclose its densely packed antique core, it rivals better known Middle Eastern cities ... Read More...
[OPINION] Turkey’s Kurds and their expendability in AKP politics Anthony Derisiotis 28/02/2018 The AKP’s rise to power in 2002, brought along its commitment to address the longstanding Kurdish issue, by underlining the need for a different approach as compared to that of the kemalist administrati... Read More...
[OPINION] What can stop the AKP juggernaut? M. Behzad Fatmi 23/08/2017 By M. BEHZAD FATMI Under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the 16 years old Justice and Development Party – better known by its Turkish acronym AKP - has been winning elections after elections. It ... Read More...
Turkey’s influence network in Europe is leading to tension PPJ 23/06/2017 by LUKE RODEHEFFER President Erdogan uses Turkey religious network in Europe to expand the government monitoring of opposition figures and gain popular support. Reports from Germany that emerged in early ... Read More...