IN less than a fortnight, a new political party will be launched in Turkey, trying to contest the absolute dominance of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his party in the country. The leading figure…
T urkey, once a model for Muslim-majority countries, has been going through an authoritarian backslide since the last several years. This trend peaked following the failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. The post-coup…
T he suffix -cracy is derived from the Greek combining form -kratia, which comes from the Greek word kratos, meaning “power” or “rule.” Taken by itself, -cracy is not necessarily good or bad. The…
T urkey’s missile defence dilemma has continued for a while. Recent reports confirm that Turkey has agreed to purchase Russian air and missile defence system, the S-400 Triumph. The deal is worth $2.5billion under…
O nly a week or two after the failed coup in Turkey, which took place in July 15, 2016, I was discussing some legal matters which might be in use against any of my…
''Let’s be brutal: democracy is dying. And the most startling thing is how few ordinary people are worried about it'' wrote Paul Mason, an expert on social justice, in the Guardian.
''Instead we compartmentalize the…
P akistani President Nawaz Sharif was removed from his position on July 28, 2017, by the country’s Supreme Court based on the findings of a corruption probe launched after the leak of the Panama…
T he Aegean basin and the Anatolian land, where “Greek Love” gets its name, both have been homeland of nice LGBT heroes and thinkers throughout history.
The concept of homosexuality, which is met with…
[dropcap size=small]T he current type of regime in Turkey is democracy on the paper, but autocracy in reality and application. Autocracy is a term describing the regime type, but not the ruler. Therefore, it…
[dropcap size=small]T urkey experienced an alleged coup d’état on July 15, 2016, also known as the “July 15 uprising.” Badly organized plotters made an ill-fated attempt to seize the control of the country in…