How did Corruption in Turkey affect International Security?
(Photo taken from thedebateinitiative.com) by M. Behzad Fatmi “Money laundering poses international and national security threats through corruption of officials and legal systems, undermines free...
View ArticleTurkey’s Construction Bubble; end of Erdogan’s Dream?
(Photo taken from businessht.com.tr) by Eren Alp With only a few days to go before Turkey’s pivotal parliamentary elections, the main opposition party, the CHP, announced on the 21st of May its plans...
View ArticleMonday Talk with Andrew Duff on Turkish Election on June 7
Mr. Duff, you used to be a Member of the European Parliament between 1999 and 2014 where you followed Turkey very closely. Could you tell us what is the reason behind the recent political instability...
View ArticleHow has President Erdogan failed Turkish democracy?
by Behzad Fatmi The general election in Turkey is scheduled to be held on June 7. The kind of politics the country is witnessing is not only substandard but also unconstitutional and undemocratic. The...
View ArticleOf Trucks and Censors; Erdoğan’s Syrian Misstep
(Photo taken from time.com) by Eren Alp What do trucks, Syria, and newspapers have in common? Recently the answer is Can Dündar, the editor-in-chief of the Turkish daily Cumhuriyet. Dündar’s...
View ArticleMonday Talk with Susanna Cafaro on Political Islam in Europe
(Photo taken from badische-zeitung.de) Monday Talk with Prof. Susanna Cafaro Attacks to Charlie Hebdo committed by jihadists in France in January have stirred public debate on the relation between...
View ArticleWhat now for the battle between Erdogan and Gulen community?
by M. Behzad Fatmi The Turkish general election result was both a surprise and an expectation. It was a surprise for those who believed that the Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) support-base is...
View ArticleA Must Read on Turkey and the PKK: Alica Marcus’“Blood and Belief”
by Claire Sadar The renewed conflict between the Turkish government and the Kurdish guerrilla group, the PKK, is tragic, preventable, and questionable in terms of timing. But it is also emphatically...
View ArticleTurkey’s 1979
DISCLAIMER: all opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe Mr X* There is no doubt. What happened on last July 15, 2016 was a military coup attempt against the Turkish...
View ArticleErdoğan mocks the EU’s calls for rule of law, by two severely oppressive decrees
by Yavuz Baydar Early this morning, we the deeply concerned, woke up to yet another nightmare. After the closure of 16 Kurdish media outlets on Saturday, it was daily Cumhuriyet’s turn to be raided;...
View ArticleTurkish Local Elections in the Shade of Endangered Media Trust and Economic...
urkey is in a continuous election race as the local elections to be held on 31 March will be the 6th elections in the last five years. Besides the ongoing electoral tension, the country has also been...
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