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Ece Temelkuran.
New Statesman contributor from Turkey threatened by pro-government media
By Daniel Trilling - 21 June 16:28

Ece Temelkuran is targeted for having criticised Erdogan's response to the #OccupyGezi protests.

The image of the "woman in red" being tear gassed went around the world.
The women of Gezi Park are protesters, not pin-up girls
By Harriet Fitch Little - 19 June 13:09

Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan wants to cast women as mothers, sisters and wives, and those who oppose him should be careful that their imagery doesn’t do the same.

The Orthodox seminary on the island of Halki
Small island
By Helena Drysdale - 13 June 9:01

Once at the heart of the Christian world, Turkey's Greek Orthodox minority finds its fate inextricably bound up with the Erdogan government's troubled shift away from secularism.

An anti-government protester waves Turkey's national flag
People have killed their fear of authority - and the protests are growing
By Ece Temelkuran - 03 June 11:53

What began in an Istanbul park has tapped in to years of grievances.

Protests in Istanbul. Photograph: Getty Images
Murky forces are at work in Istanbul
By Julian Sayarer - 01 June 13:44

Protests and police brutality.

An Armenian Genocide commemoration ceremony in Yerevan in 2012. Photo: Getty
It is time for Turkey to recognise the historical fact of the Armenian Genocide
By Benjamin Abtan - 20 April 10:02

It is now 98 years since 1.5m Armenians were systematically massacred. Recognising what happened is the only way to help us all move forward.

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EU leaders should not fear a 'Turkish invasion of Europe'
By Ibrahim Sirkeci - 01 February 16:17

Just 13 per cent of Turkey’s adult population expressed a desire to migrate, lower than many other countries.

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Lifting the veil in Turkey
By Raziye Akkoc - 30 November 16:50

Turkey's prime minister Recep Erdogan announced this week that the headscarf ban will be partially lifted.

Nevin Yildirim in custody. Image: a still from a news report by CNN.
An honour killing with a difference
By Julian Sayarer - 14 September 11:59

A Turkish woman takes the law into her own hands and kills the man who raped her.

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An open letter to Slavoj Žižek
By Ece Temelkuran - 17 February 17:32

Turkey's record on human rights means it is no model for the Arab world.

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