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Turkey

The non-existent Turkish judiciary

There have long been sad conditions for Turkey's legal system, and now it seems that the country has abandoned all ambitions to resemble a rule of law.

Today's Turkey – and the long lines

Erdogan is an authoritarian head of state trying to manipulate the system to his advantage – and support among the people seems to be declining. What is going on in Turkey?

The case of Turkey

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The genocide is still ongoing

Indeed, with Turkey's denial and forgery of history, the Armenian genocide is still ongoing. 

Run, Leyla, run

After 20 years of foreignness, Leyla Imret became mayor in her native city – which is central to the ongoing Turkish-Kurdish conflict.

Kurdish Anarchism

"Nothing similar has been seen since the Spanish Civil War," say Norwegian anarchists. The Kurdish People's Defense Unit seeks to create a system that ensures democracy, equality, freedom of expression and the rights of minorities.      

Istanbul attacks tear up Norwegian insanity

The terrorist attack on Istanbul airport this summer brought up an old story of an authoritarian regime and secret training camps for Islamist militants – as well as a failed Norwegian aid project.

The unbearable ease of politics

Brexit in June and failed coup in Turkey in July – and heck, then the whole situation in Europe had changed to the unrecognizable.

50 journalists kicked off the day in Turkey's biggest newspaper

Nearly 50 journalists, as well as several editors, were recently kicked off the day by Turkey's opposition newspaper Zaman. The sudden resignations come in the wake of the government's coup of the newspaper.