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Published in: 50.50: OpinionTurkey funds women’s groups to counter ‘feminist threat’
Government-operated women’s organisations are drowning out genuine feminist voices in Turkey, my research reveals
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Published in: 50.50: Video‘War gave us the final push’: Why one gay couple fled Russia for Turkey
Turkey’s record on LGBTQI rights is little better than Russia’s. All the same, Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was the...
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhile Osman Kavala is in prison, we are all behind bars
The Turkish activist is being punished for working for peace and democracy. It’s a tragedy for him, but for the rest...
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Published in: Home: AnalysisThe Ukraine war is at a dangerous stalemate. What’s next?
Vladimir Putin is now fighting a proxy war against NATO. Losing would be a disaster for either side
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionTurkey’s broad definition of terrorism does nothing to halt radicalisation
Rather than tackling causes of violent radicalisation, Turkey takes a punitive approach that curtails individual...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: NewsInternational refugee charity calls for Greek border investigation after openDemocracy report
Exclusive: Greek MP also expresses ‘horror’ after oD investigation found 233 Turkish asylum seekers were allegedly...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: InvestigationTurkish asylum seekers allegedly being pushed back in small boats by Greece
Exclusive: Turkish nationals claim they were illegally put in boats by Greek authorities and returned to Turkey,...
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Published in: Countering the Radical Right: AnalysisTurkish extremist group Grey Wolves finds a favourable climate in Germany
How decades-old networks continue to support Turkish ultranationalists in Germany – and why this must change
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionKurdish group claims Turkey is using chemical weapons. Why is nobody investigating?
The international community is failing in its duty to investigate allegations that Kurdish forces are being killed...
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Published in: Home: OpinionSunak hides behind rose-tinted glasses as COVID and climate threats rise
Budget ignores need for emission cuts, while government’s consistent incompetence puts Britons at greater risk from...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionEducating the host: It's not just refugees who need ‘integration’ programmes
Teaching local hosts the experience of war and forced displacement would help to publicly challenge hate speech and...
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Published in: Global Extremes: OpinionAre the fortunes of Turkey’s AKP on the wane?
Turkey’s AKP represents one side of a deeply divided nation, but there are signs of shifts in the country’s...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionSoap operas will not save Turkey’s reputation in Lebanon
As Lebanon struggles to create a new government following the port explosion and amid protests, two nations vie for...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureAfghans fleeing the Taliban face death, deportation and push-backs in Turkey
With financial support from the EU, Turkey has toughened up its migration policies – putting hundreds of thousands at risk
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Published in: Home: OpinionAfghans left to pick up the pieces of the West’s failed war
As the Taliban rapidly expand in the shadow of US and NATO allies’ retreat, has anyone considered the impact on...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: AnalysisTurkey’s invasion of northern Iraq could lead to Kurdish civil war
Attendees of a recent peace delegation responding to Turkey’s incursions into the Kurdistan Region of Iraq were...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionNo matter how far HMS Queen Elizabeth sails, it won’t make Britain great again
Naval posturing in the Indo-Pacific is the image of futility as the world’s most deadly security threats rage on
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Published in: 50.50: NewsFeminist groups demand action to ‘stop anti-rights infiltration’ at the UN
Global organisations call on UN agencies to ‘stop access to decision-making’ for opponents of women’s and LGBT...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureTurkish spies are abducting Erdogan’s political opponents abroad
Emboldened by a lack of repercussions from NATO and the EU, President Erdogan’s regime is kidnapping dissidents
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionTurkey is reportedly depriving hundreds of thousands of people of water
The nation has been accused of breaking its agreement to ensure a flow of 500 cubic metres per second of the...