Sign in Subscribe

Turkey

Constant Devastation: Third Earthquake in Three Weeks to Hit Turkey, Syria

Constant Devastation: Third Earthquake in Three Weeks to Hit Turkey, Syria

By Mia Jin Haagensli, MSc Politics of the Middle East Where were you on the night of February 6, when two massive earthquakes measuring up to 7.5 and 7.8 on the Richter scale hit Turkey and Syria? Or when two additional earthquakes hit two weeks later, on February

Istiklal Terrorist Attack: Unclaimed and Useful

Istiklal Terrorist Attack: Unclaimed and Useful

By Bernardo Amaro Monteiro, MA Middle Eastern Studies A terrorist attack took place on Istiklal Avenue, a central commercial site on the European side of Istanbul. The blast resulted in over 80 people injured and six dead, including two children. Sadly, 13 November 2022 is yet another date in the

The Costs of Peace-Seeking: Academics Under Attack

The Costs of Peace-Seeking: Academics Under Attack

Anonymous ‘Turkey should be proud of the peace declaration signatories,”’ said Noam Chomsky last week, referring to 1128 academics that have lost their jobs, been banned from leaving the country, interrogated and detained for signing a petition named ‘we will not be a party to this crime.’ The petition calls

London Academics Extend Solidarity to Academics, Kurds Under Siege

London Academics Extend Solidarity to Academics, Kurds Under Siege

Mel Plant, BA Arabic and Turkish This Friday, SOAS Students’ Union co-hosted an open meeting with the SOAS UCU and Unison branches, extending solidarity to Turkish and Kurdish academics in Turkey who have come under investigation for their ‘Academics for Peace‘ petition. The meeting comes a week after the Students’

Students of SOAS Commemorate Armenian-Turkish Journalist

Students of SOAS Commemorate Armenian-Turkish Journalist

Lara Şarlak, MA Anthropology of Media Yesterday, the death of Hrant Dink, an Armenian-Turkish journalist who was assassinated by a Turkish ultra-nationalist 9 years ago, was commemorated in front of the SOAS main building. SOAS students of Armenian, Kurdish and Turkish descent gathered in order to take a photograph in

Turkish Media Prepares for Further Crackdown After Elections

Turkish Media Prepares for Further Crackdown After Elections

Lara Sarlak, MA Anthropology and Media The results of the previous Turkish general elections in June 2015 had many people carried away by the illusion of possible change. A pro-minority party, the HDP, had managed to pass the arbitrary electoral threshold and Erdoğan’s AKP had finally had its majority

Turbulent Times Await, as Turkey Heads Toward Re-Elections

Turbulent Times Await, as Turkey Heads Toward Re-Elections

Anonymous On 7th June Turkey elected its 550 members of parliament, the 25th in the history of the Republic. The general elections, for the first time in Turkish history, triumphed and gave Kurdish and minority citizens a voice in parliament. HDP (The People’s Democratic Party), a conglomeration of Kurdish