Category: Art & Culture
Russians become the largest group of foreigners living in Turkey with residence permits – report
6th January 2023
Russians made up the top of the list of foreigners living in Turkey with residence permits in 2022. After the Ukraine war, Turkey who rejected to follow the western sanctions imposed on Russia, became a ...
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Alcohol consumption in modern Turkey: Kulturkampf and polarization
24th November 2022
Α culture war (Kulturkampf) is raging in Turkey, and alcohol is one of the major fronts once again. Opposing cultural identities are emerging as a powerful instrument of polarization. The ongoing culture war is revealing ...
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Tahki Arabi? That’s what a young, possibly teenage waiter, asked me with a timid smile at the door of a restaurant bursting at the seams on one of Istanbul’s busy streets. I realised he was asking me if ...