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Gone: Hakkari and Şırnak
Turkey’s government is planning a wholesale reorganisation of the two provinces in the country’s far southeast, according to proposals laid before parliament
Tuesday 2 August 2016
A step back from the death penalty
Tentatively, cautiously, we can say that Turkey is dropping talk of reinstating capital punishment
Monday 1 August 2016
Turkey’s stubborn isolation
Those hoping the Bundestag’s decision will knock some sense into Turkish attitudes are hopelessly naïve
Friday 3 June 2016
What is the news like on Turkish TV?
The state of Turkey's newspapers receives extensive attention abroad, but little is known about the television news bulletins watched by tens of millions each night
Tuesday 29 March 2016
PKK, TAK and the sea of confusion
Like any war, Turkey’s conflict with the PKK has nuances that are not straightforward to unpack
Sunday 20 March 2016
If this is the PKK, it is a game changer
Not for decades have Kurdish militants struck civilians on a mass scale. That may have changed on Sunday
Monday 14 March 2016
A new face for nationalism
How toppling Turkish nationalist leader Devlet Bahçeli is easier said than done
Tuesday 5 January 2016
And what about the women?
Ahmet Davutoğlu's ministerial selection shows that women continue to be disgracefully underrepresented in the Turkish cabinet
Wednesday 25 November 2015
All the king’s horses
Turkey’s new cabinet clearly signals the shift in power from the prime minister to the president
Wednesday 25 November 2015
Turkey votes again
Our final predictions: slightly stronger AK Party, stronger CHP, slightly weaker nationalists, a Kurdish party in third place
Saturday 31 October 2015