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The ugly truth about the Kurdish question – the Armenian question!?

7 Ağustos 20094 Şubat 2019

If we could discuss the Armenian question openly, if we could confront the Armenian tragedy, there would not have been a Kurdish question. We are far from understanding the...

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Drinking Greek blood – A good Turk is a dead Turk!

7 Ağustos 20094 Şubat 2019

There was interesting news coverage by Afrika last week concerning Maj. Esat Oktay Yıldıran, who served in Cyprus before becoming the commander of Diyarbakır Prison. From the Ergenekon file,...

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[Gitmo’s darkness] Time for change and enlightenment (1)

29 Temmuz 20094 Şubat 2019

Moreover, the president suspended the military commission proceedings in Guantanamo and argued that instead of military commissions, he would prefer federal courts or the military justice system prosecute detainees...

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Is the ecumenical patriarchate in Turkey waiting for Godot?

10 Temmuz 20094 Şubat 2019

There is almost a pattern. Some government officials say, “There is no harm in reopening the school , and there are some preparations taking...

Articles Prohibition Of Torture And Ill-treatment

Torture equals terror

6 Temmuz 20095 Şubat 2019

Torture is terror. We must reject it: no ifs, no buts. In the words of General Lord Guthrie, former chief of defence staff and one of the members of Institute...

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As their hostage, I cannot criticize this government

3 Temmuz 20094 Şubat 2019

My colleague, the other expert, gave a fairly balanced briefing on human rights questions that we have been going through recently. I, however, found myself only talking about the...

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Ergenekon: An urban legend?

26 Haziran 20094 Şubat 2019

According to some, the ruling party is now taking revenge for the closure case against it. For some Westerners, the Ergenekon case is just a part of the dirty...

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‘Soldiers waiting for the barbarians’: discouraging military service?

19 Haziran 20094 Şubat 2019

I was sitting in my room in the Human Rights Agenda Association’s Ankara office. Günal Kurşun, secretary-general of our association, in a matter-of-fact voice said to me, “I think...

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Benefits of Islamophobia

15 Haziran 20094 Şubat 2019

One columnist at the Hürriyet daily — the number one white Turk newspaper — revealed that his step-grandmother was Armenian. After passing his 60s, he “confessed” this and expressed...

Articles Freedom Of Thought And Expression

Freedom of expression is hostage to the Armenian question

5 Haziran 20094 Şubat 2019

If Erdoğan or someone else said “You know how to kill very well,” to the members of an institution in Turkey, let us say against the military commanders, he...

The ugly truth about the Kurdish question – the Armenian question!?

Drinking Greek blood – A good Turk is a dead Turk!

[Gitmo’s darkness] Time for change and enlightenment (1)

Is the ecumenical patriarchate in Turkey waiting for Godot?

Torture equals terror

As their hostage, I cannot criticize this government

Ergenekon: An urban legend?

‘Soldiers waiting for the barbarians’: discouraging military service?

Benefits of Islamophobia

Freedom of expression is hostage to the Armenian question

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