We Study Repression in Turkey. Now We See It Here.
On Tuesday evening, Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish Fulbright scholar researching children’s digital-media consumption at Tufts ...
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What’s holding Turkey back from full authoritarianism
Corruption and terrorism charges against Ekrem İmamoğlu, Istanbul’s mayor and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s most-threatening political challenger, are a major plot point in Turkey’s slide toward ...
‘A Great Emboldening’: Trump Inspires Wannabe Authoritarians Everywhere
President Trump has turned a central precept of American diplomacy on its head, embracing fellow leaders who abandon ...
Turkey Knows How to Get F-35s
Erdogan can hand over or destroy his Russian S-400 air defenses.
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Michael Rubin calls for US sanctions on Muhammad Yunus over rights violations
In a hard-hitting exclusive interview, Dr. Michael Rubin—former Pentagon official and senior fellow at both the American ...
What We Know About the Turmoil in Turkey
The jailing of Istanbul’s mayor pending his trial on corruption charges has stoked worries that President Recep Tayyip ...
The crisis in Turkey and the fight for revolutionary leadership
As democracy in Turkey collapses under the pressure of the escalating imperialist war and growing social inequality, a ...
Henry Srebrnik: What’s next for Syria?
Challenges include uniting a patchwork of rebel groups, gaining control over multiple regions and rebuilding relations with ...
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Is Turkey’s Declining Democracy a Model for Trump’s America?
After purging the judiciary, cracking down on the media, and jailing political opponents, President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan ...
'From victim to symbol': Chahinez Daoud's murderer goes on trial
The Turkish and international papers react to the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival. Elsewhere, Chahinez Daoud's murderer goes on trial, as femicide ...