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A man-made law 25 May 2013 | 10:22 am
It was 2007 and I was in Cappadocia (central Anatolia) with my parents. It was spring and hot, we had taken a walk through a valley and ended up in a small village, Ibrahimpasa. We went to the cafe on...
Lipstick 4 May 2013 | 10:05 am
How did the lipstick affair make it into the news? Did Turkish Airlines issue a press release in which it stated that as of now red lipstick is forbidden for stewardesses? No, they reacted only after ...
Papers should fire ‘wise men’ 7 Apr 2013 | 11:17 am
It was another victorious week for Prime Minister Erdogan: he managed to get the Turkish media further under his control. And the media are not even protesting. On the contrary, they are willingly and...
Kurd rebel leader calls ceasefire 22 Mar 2013 | 02:29 pm
I contributed to an article in the English paper The Independent about PKK leader Öcalan calling a ceasefire. Here’s a PDF!
Turks divided about Yunus’ faith 17 Mar 2013 | 09:42 pm
ISTANBUL – Turks don’t seem to be unanimous in their opinion about the faith of 9 year old Yunus, who was placed in the foster care of a Dutch lesbian couple after Dutch authorities took him away from...
Doubts about report on Uludere massacre 7 Mar 2013 | 01:49 am
ISTANBUL – A commission in the Turkish parliament has finalized its report on the Uludere massacre, in which 34 civilians were killed at the end of 2011. According to the report the bombing of civilia...
Court case on use of Kurdish in politics draws varied reactions 18 Feb 2013 | 09:40 pm
Analysts see ruling as a positive symbolic step, but its practical impact is unclear. The Constitutional Court decision easing restrictions on use of Kurdish in political activities has received mixed...
High Turkish honour for Dutch politician 14 Feb 2013 | 08:52 pm
ANKARA – Dutch politician René van der Linden received a high Turkish honour from the Turkish President Abdullah Gül on Thursday. The ChristianDemocrat is now a member of the Order of the Republic, th...
With your head up high 4 Feb 2013 | 03:10 am
Sarai Sierra is dead. She was on a trip to Istanbul, her first trip outside her own country, the US. A 33 year old woman, a wife, and a mother of two boys. She loved photography and that’s why she cam...
An identity that endangers their life 28 Jan 2013 | 04:02 pm
‘Could it be the work of one individual?’ That is the question that occupied my thoughts in recent days. Four elderly Armenian women have been brutally attacked in Istanbul. And whatever the outcome o...
