Who killed Hrant Dink? Dink was killed by the “smoke” that encompassed this country in 1915. This “smoke” is the dark side of this country, and it was on...
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After establishing this association, I gradually and painfully realized that I had some fundamental differences from my “Marxist friends.” After a while, conflict gradually built up between us. Not...
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Bartholomew is crucified and Erdoğan suffers from Hellish torture (2)
This conservative government, however, has almost no connection with this Ittihatist past. This government comes from a completely different social and historical background; its members are mostly conservative, devout...
I think it was the first time he stated his frustration with such harsh words. His remarks and criticism created a chain reaction in Turkey. He was also criticized...
Let me give you a “fresh” example. Today I was planning to write a harsh critique of some of Erdoğan’s remarks. Like I do every morning, I started to...
We all know which sources of “information” are behind this coverage. They are, before anybody else, Mr. Soner Çağaptay from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Mr....
What does Turkey exclude? Without any doubt it excludes non-Muslims. This non-Muslim identity is rejected by secular state elites who are the founders of the Turkish republic. This is...
Let’s turn to this “disturbing story.” As you read in yesterday’s issue of Today’s Zaman, Taraf columnist Sevan Nişanyan, a Turkish citizen and an ethnic Armenian, published in his...
An ordinary nationalist person in Turkey either dislikes or hates Pamuk. One of the main reasons for that is Pamuk’s remarks about past atrocities in Turkey. In 2005, during...
Their building was hit by a series of break-ins, murders and rape. Security gained priority over everything, and the tenants eagerly called for the services of a former military...