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[OPINION] Erdoğan survives but faces more serious challenges in Turkey

Abdullah Bozkurt After winning the controversial election on Sunday in Turkey after a not free and certainly not fair election campaign, Turkish President Recep Tayyip...

[OPINION] Erdoğan gov’t turns to rape as a political weapon in Turkey

Abdullah Bozkurt As part of an escalating crackdown on the right to dissent, on criticism and on opposition voices in Turkey in recent years, the...

[OPINION] The growing threat of the Erdoğan regime in Turkey

Abdullah Bozkurt Turkey, under an overzealous Islamist president with a strong xenophobic character, has become a source of tension for its allies and partners and...

[OPINION] Al-Qaeda running on Erdoğan’s election ticket in Turkey

Abdullah Bozkurt It was hardly surprising to see that a former al-Qaeda suspect was nominated as a front-runner candidate for a parliamentary seat in the...

[OPINION] Russia keeps Erdoğan’s Turkey at arm’s length in trade, business

Abdullah Bozkurt The restrictions on Turkish trade and commerce imposed by Russia in the aftermath of the shooting down of a Russian fighter jet on...

[OPINION] Turkey’s academics: traitors to an unconstitutional regime

Mehmet Efe Çaman We know Turkey is no longer a democracy. What does that mean for academics? What does it mean for universities? Regardless of...

[OPINION] Erdoğan made Turkey’s Kurdish problem worse

Abdullah Bozkurt Having deliberately undermined two initiatives to address Turkey’s longstanding Kurdish problem during its 16 years of rule, the government of President Recep Tayyip...

[OPINION] US Treasury targets Erdoğan’s links to Iran’s IRGC

Abdullah Bozkurt The United States Treasury has named an Iran-sanction-busting Turkish citizen and several companies in Istanbul as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) under an...

[OPINION] What to expect from Turkey’s elections

Abdullah Bozkurt In the upcoming June 24 presidential and parliamentary snap elections, I have little hope that the opposition will score a win in an...

[OPINION] The Regime

Mehmet Efe Çaman The question of whether Turkey can still be considered a democracy is no longer being asked since there is an extensive consensus...

[OPINION] Turkey’s spy colonel Kemal Eskintan, master of conspiracy plots

Abdullah Bozkurt Based on a wealth of revelations in the last couple of years during trial proceedings, the view that the false flag coup attempt...

[OPINION] Erdoğan and his cronies seize the wealth of critics in Turkey

Abdullah Bozkurt The unlawful seizure of assets of companies worth tens of billions of dollars and the confiscation of the wealth of critics of President...

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