Category: Commentary
The Turkish president is writing the playbook for how to reframe a disastrous coronavirus death toll as a glorious success for the supreme leader Nothing seems to quench the authoritarian thirst for power, not ...
Two municipal workers in Istanbul spray disinfectant onto the streets in effort to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. Editorial credit: Mahmut D / Shutterstock.com. While the government hesitated to confront the deadly coronavirus directly, a crackdown ...
The way autocratic regimes make use of the coronavirus pandemic is disrupting democracy and governance worldwide. Turkey is no exception. Faced with an increasing number of COVID-19 cases, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, ...
Ever since early March, when Russia and Turkey sealed a deal on Idlib, it’s been an open question as to how Turkey will force the armed groups controlling the last rebel stronghold to toe the ...
As the world goes through a deadly pandemic that is causing social disruption and economic loss, religion can be an essential source of individual comfort and communal solidarity. In Turkey, however, the Religious Affairs Directorate — Diyanet, ...
Erdogan sees this as an opportunity for Turkish manufacturers. Turkey confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus on March 11, but since then the speed of its infection rate has surpassed that of many ...
“A tsunami is coming to our cities,” Emrah Altindis says, about the spread of the coronavirus in Turkey.Source Photograph by Umit Bektas / Reuters In a public address on Monday night, the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip ...
The overarching features of Turkey’s neo-nationalism are the cult of state worship, an evergreen suspicion of foreign enemies, and an emphasis on the central role of a strong leader. Right in front of Istanbul’s brand-new ...
Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, in a televised speech to the nation March 23, conceded that the coronavirus is now all over the country, but refrained from naming the locations of confirmed cases. So much ...
… The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has forcefully reminded Turks of their deep underlying divisions. Those divisions are making it impossible for them to come together to fight a potential catastrophe that is national, not ideological. ...