Tag: Islamofascism
German think tank Bertelsmann Stiftung has for the first time classified Turkey as an authoritarian country in its biennial Transformation Index. Turkey’s domestic politics have become increasingly influenced by nationalist, Islamist and authoritarian forces, the foundation said. It ...
Is the Turkish president Erdogan using the fight against coronavirus to silence the few remaining critical press voices in the country? Opposition and journalists fear a new wave of censorship. Fear is mounting among Turkey’s ...
Ibrahim Gokcek (left), a former guitarist with the Turkish band Grup Torum, is on hunger strike Turkish folk musician IBRAHIM GOKCEK explains why he is on a death fast in the face of persecution ...
Mustafa Koçak with his family in a prison visit. Mustafa Koçak, a jailed member of the Grup Yorum band who had been on a hunger strike in a prison in western Turkey, died on the ...
The Human Rights Association (İHD) of Turkey has filed a criminal complaint against Professor Ali Erbaş, head of the Turkish Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet), for remarks targeting the LGBT community, according to Turkish reports. Erbaş ...
There was a time when Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — whether you liked him or not — represented change. He stood for a forward-looking vision for the country, suggesting that he could navigate the most pressing ...
The world is witnessing in slow-motion a second Iran in the making, less violent and dramatic, more sophisticated and potentially more enduring. From 2002, when Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the AK Party reached power, until ...
… 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. ...
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 ...
A new report from Human Rights Watch on forcible disappearances in Turkey called for an “effective investigation into credible testimony” from one of the most recent men to go missing for months. The New York-based Human ...