The polls are wrong: one in two Turks won’t vote AKP
A 52 percent poll lead does not mean one in every two Turks would vote AK tomorrow. A…
The two faces of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Comments made this week on abortion demonstrate a serious character flaw in Turkey’s prime minister. Last week, addressing…
Being gay in Turkey’s army
If you haven’t seen it already, Emre Azizlerli from the BBC has produced a comprehensive and accurate account…
After Erdoğan
The prime minister's illness triggers thoughts of what might happen after he leaves office.
Here we go again
The first signs are that some earthquake disaster relief lessons have been learned. In the last three hours,…
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…
Election 2011: timetable of events
Following on from yesterday’s missive, a quick guide for when to expect what in Turkey’s election today. Let’s…
Golden Numbers of Election Night
The main figures to watch out for in this weekend's election
Erbakan: a leader who offered something new, and didn’t deliver
This Islamist ideologue should – but won’t – be remembered for siphoning millions from his party’s funds. Necmettin…
MHP crashes below threshold in opinion poll, but result is really a CHP victory
Just two parties are likely to cross the 10 percent threshold at the next Turkish election, according to…