Yearly Archives: 2017

Turkey: Death to Free Speech by Burak Bekdil

A criminal indictment was filed against Sedat Ergin, editor-in-chief of the country's most influential newspaper, Hurriyet. Prosecutors demanded up to five years in...

Turkey: Container Cities, Uprooting Alevis, Fear of Infiltrating Jihadis by Uzay Bulut

"This is a policy of forcing Alevis to immigration and dissolving the Alevi population," said Gani Kaplan, the head of the Pir Sultan...

Turkey: Child Rapists to Go Free, Journalists Not? by Burak Bekdil

The ruling Islamist party drafted a bill -- and then suspended it -- that would release about 3,000 men who married children, including men...

Turkey: A Thuggish Ramadan by Burak Bekdil

Observant Muslims stubbornly refuse to understand that while the Koran commands them to abstain from alcohol, it does not command them to attack...

Turkey: “We Need a Religious Constitution” by Burak Bekdil

The new constitution "will emphasize Islam and faith in Allah." — Abdulkadir Selvi, pro-government columnist. "We are a Muslim country. That is why...
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