by Yavuz Baydar
If people hold their breath about Turkey these days, they are right. As the world shows strong signs of disarray, certainly the country has placed itself at its epicenter. It has…
by Yavuz Baydar
The arrest of Ahmet Şık, one of the boldest journalists left in action in Turkey, was not that unexpected.
He was targeted for some time and had already informed the public in a…
by Yavuz Baydar
One point emerges as undisputable after the series of terror attacks, and the assassination of the Russian ambassador in Ankara by a police officer: Turkey, now showing strong signs as 'ungovernable' under…
by Yavuz Baydar
So, this is the end. Well, more or less so if you read into the most recent General Affairs Council statements about the state of accession negotiations between Turkey and the EU.
Following…
by Yavuz Baydar
'Never mind those, it's going to be a very tough time ahead...'
When I met Marty Beth Long at the well-attended Rome MED - Mediterranean Dialogues conference in the Italian capital, I went…
by Yavuz Baydar
Angry journalists in exile may easily end up as pure political activists, attracted by propaganda, forgetting their delicate professional roles.
As I addressed colleagues at a recent gathering in Brussels and the…
by Yavuz Baydar
The Peri Tower Hotel is the latest to throw in the towel.
“By the end of November, we will shut our doors to tourists,” said Nazif Demir, the manager of the hotel, which…
by Yavuz Baydar
'I have been watching the streets where I've grown up. Nobody is smiling anymore. People turn their eyes from each other. There is a profound silence and sorrow everywhere...'
So tweeted Nesrin Nas…
by Yavuz Baydar
'I feel like Diyarbakır does: dreary, angry, resentful. But still standing...'
This comes from a 'local rapporteur' from the southeastern corner of Turkey; devastated, battered - both morally and physically.
I will explain.
These are…
Yavuz Baydar
There we were. A tiny group of intellectual dissidents, unfortunate enough to be forced to exile, doomed remain outcasts from Turkey, discussing the 'Trump trauma', at a dinner table, somewhere in Europe. Gloom…