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Freedom for dictators to speak
Turkey's former president - who led the last military coup - is investigated for proposing a state-based system of government
Saturday 3 March 2007
Thugs above the law: the Turkish police today
Everyone knows the Turkish police are brutal, but the government has no interest in doing anything about it
Saturday 3 February 2007
In a crowded street. On a busy morning.
The murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was not an impulsive killing
Friday 19 January 2007
Presidential Election: The Vox Pop
It’s funny how these things turn out. Last week, I asked the blogging community at large what they…
Sunday 14 January 2007
How skipping Antalya could help solve the Cyprus problem
An unlikely authority - British civil aviation - could help fix the Mediterranean's decades-old conflict
Saturday 16 December 2006
Erdoğan to meet Pope (at baggage reclaim?)
It appears the Prime Minister won't avoid meeting Benedict after all
Sunday 26 November 2006
So they chanted slogans. Who cares?
The Prime Minister is jeered at Bülent Ecevit's funeral, but secularists are wrong to say his end is nigh
Sunday 12 November 2006
As the progress report looms…
Europe isn't expected to go easy on the pace of Turkey's reform programme
Wednesday 8 November 2006
A dove takes flight
Obituary: The tragedy of Bülent Ecevit, five-time Turkish prime minister, whose time in office was marked more by disaster than success
Monday 6 November 2006