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Printing the explicit photo of a woman stabbed by her husband was the right thing to do. Sadly, it didn’t work.
The woman is topless, lying face down on a hospital bed. Out of her back, a little above…
Thursday 13 October 2011
Thoughts on yesterday
Reading back on my entry yesterday, I feel I should make clear how appalling I have found the…
Wednesday 2 June 2010
Bombing mosques and war with Greece?
Taraf yesterday began serialising what it calls the detailed plans for a coup in 2003 under the leadership…
Thursday 21 January 2010
Hiatus
James on Turkey has been taking a break for the last couple of weeks, owing to other commitments.…
Thursday 5 July 2007
Trying Orhan Pamuk – yes, I daresay?
I spent a hurried few minutes this afternoon in Istanbul’s İstiklal street, buying a few CDs ahead of…
Sunday 20 August 2006
Hope is in the air
Bülent Arınç, the speaker of Turkey’s parliament, has waded into the discussion over the election threshold. He slated…
Monday 14 August 2006
Will the electoral threshold ever fall?
As it stands, any political party hoping to send MPs to Ankara must win at least 10% of…
Sunday 13 August 2006
Shrinking Armies
Day one, post two, and something interesting has happened already. The newly-appointed chief of the General Staff, General…
Wednesday 9 August 2006