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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionWhat exactly is Erdoganism?
The spectacle of Erdoganism is much closer to a tribal state than to a state governed by the rule of law.
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Published in: HomeInsights from Hungary to beat Trumpism
Three pitfalls from a Hungarian perspective that could hinder beating Trumpism after Trump vacates the White House.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Under Biden, the US will push for a ‘EU-goslavia’
Biden must work within the parameters of this new reality – not the one that existed in the 1990s when Biden formed...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionA period of hope for Latin America begins with Biden & Harris
For the U.S., the Latin American agenda is not a priority. Still, Biden’s arrival at the White House signifies a...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow Syria’s Afrin became hell for Kurds
Turkish backed militias have turned life in Afrin into one of constant fear of torture, kidnapping, and death.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Marathon Man and 'our European Way of Life'
The migration debate ignores the political question of why hundreds or thousands of underage and adult people are...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Varosha and political ineptitude
It seems that Varosha has not only been abandoned by the United Nations and by the European Union but also by the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The East Mediterranean crisis could ignite a Greek-Turkish proxy war
A moratorium on gas and oil exploitation is needed.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionEqual eye distance: time to show more solidarity with Assyrians and other Christians
The thoughts of a Kurdish artist in exile on solidarity and art.
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionNagorno Karabakh and Turkey’s imperial ambitions
The ongoing war between Armenia and Azerbaijan is part of Turkey’s neo-imperial ambitions in the region and it must...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The EU’s pact against migration, Part One
The EU Commission’s proposal for a ‘New Pact for Migration and Asylum’ offers no prospect of ending the enduring...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhat are Syrian mercenaries doing in Azerbaijan?
How can we understand the presence of Turkish backed Syrian mercenaries in Azerbaijan?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionThe philosophy of Orbán’s misguided Christian friends
Eminent conservative Christian intellectuals in the west look to new illiberal regimes for succour. Their...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The defeat of the 'real' neo-Ottomanists
It was difficult to miss the irony of commentaries on the “triumph of neo-Ottomanism” on 24 July, when Erdoğan was...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Of music, mosques and angels
If President Erdoğan wishes to help restore the true spirit of Ayasofiya, he should free Osman Kavala now.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Turkey’s presidential dictatorship
Re-converting Ayasofya takes a major symbolic step towards the President’s ideal goal of an Islamised one-party state.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaErdogan’s private police force: a new blow to Turkish democracy
The new strengthened neighborhood watchmen can further monitor and suppress Erdogan's political opponents under the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe looming genocide against the Kurds: history should not repeat itself
Turkey’s military operations are part of an extermination policy against the Kurdish populations.
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Published in: Home: OpinionOsman Kavala and the Snails: watch, enjoy, share
The world’s first lockdown opera, ten minutes of delight against oppression
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionOsman Kavala ile Salyangozlar: İzle, Eğlen, Paylaş
Karantina altında bir dünya ilki opera, zulme karşı on dakikalık keyif