Political Analysis

Turkey’s Increasing Dilemmas: Old Routines, Gezi Park, Ergenekon and the Rule of Self-Censorship

Turkey’s Increasing Dilemmas: Old Routines, Gezi Park, Ergenekon and the Rule of Self-Censorship Introduction The increasing political and administrative pressures on citizens, the human rights violations, censorship...

Islam, Islamism and Muslimism

Islam, Islamism and Muslimism Islam has been the main focus of many analysts and politicians in recent history. This fourteen centuries old religion has changed...

Far and Near Brazil

Gezi Park Resistance Article Series – No. 13 Far and Near Brazil Does Google know everything? Almost. according to Google maps the distance between Recife and...

Approaching the ‘Peace Process’ as a Discourse

Approaching the ‘Peace Process’ as a Discourse The new process of dialogue between the Turkish government and the PKK –the Kurdish group that is labelled...

Criticism to Erdoğan Goes Deeper than Trees and  “Interference with Lifestyles”

Gezi Park Resistance Article Series – No. 11 Criticism to Erdoğan Goes Deeper than Trees and  “Interference with Lifestyles” Some observers explain the Gezi Park protests and...

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