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There was some hope, for a fleeting moment, that the release of renowned journalists Nedim Sener and Ahmet Sik would mean a watershed moment inTurkey’s recent history of human rights abuses. We were wrong. It is only going to get … Continue reading
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Luke Montgomery Saturday, March 17, 2012 Members of the Turkish press rejoiced when four of their colleagues, incarcerated for over a year, were released by the government. The crime? Writing. No, wait. How silly of me. Writing isn’t a crime in … Continue reading
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Four journalists are released from prison. Dozens are less lucky Mar 17th 2012 “How can I be happy when so many of my colleagues are not free?” The question was asked by Nedim Sener, an investigative journalist who this week … Continue reading
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The record number of reporters imprisoned in Turkey threatens to extinguish the flame of democratic reform. Fiachra Gibbons A year ago, police burst into the homes of two of Turkey’s best investigative journalists, Nedim Sener and Ahmet Sik, and carted them … Continue reading
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I visited Sivas in 2008, 15 years after the massacre at the Madımak Hotel. I vividly remember the eerie feeling that came over me as I was walking by the site of arguably one of the most traumatic events in … Continue reading
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Another post from a colleague, this time about Turkey, from Dani Rodrik at Harvard’s Kennedy School. Dani is a first-rate economist, who has staked out important ground as a critic of conventional wisdom on trade and development; you can read … Continue reading
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Democracy a la Turca, Catch’em All! The new education bill, namely 4+4+4, was approved yesterday at the Education Commission amid fists and kicks to the heads of CHP deputies and the cameramen and with a deputy circle of AKP around … Continue reading
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It’s Hunting Season on Women all Year in Turkey In Turkey, Women’s Day festivities started with an early hour passion murder and continued with police dragging naked FEMEN members, as lusty young men ogled the protesting co-eds with disdain. It … Continue reading
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