Turkey’s Twitter crackdown ratchets up, as state says, “Click now to report a user to the police!”
In Turkey, Twitter has become a dangerous platform, with some seven people detained daily for posting anti-government messages.
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How conspiracy theories feed political fragmentation
They're not just about aliens and moon landings.
Turkey bans teaching of evolution – but science is more than a belief system
Outlawing evolution in schools is based on creationist misconceptions – here's how to counter them
Modi and Erdoğan: strong leaders putting their democracies in peril
The leaders of Turkey and India have plenty in common.
Erdoğan ‘won’ his referendum, but what does that mean for Turkey’s foreign policy?
Other regions may be helpful to Erdoğan for a short time, but they cannot substitute the economic and political contributions Turkey requires of Europe.
Kurds brace for an uncertain future in post-referendum Turkey
With President Erdoğan increasingly empowered, the 'Kurdish question' is at the forefront once again.
Why the result of Turkey’s referendum is broadly unacceptable to so many
This referendum is the first time in the democratic history of Turkey that an election has been seen as illegitimate by not only domestic contenders, but by international observers as well.
How a more divided Turkey could change the way we think about Gallipoli
The Gallipoli campaign has, in recent years, increasingly become part of the culture wars in Turkey associated with the rise of political Islam.
Turkish referendum grants more power to Erdogan: Democracy no more?
How a once trustworthy NATO ally, an aspiring EU candidate and an emerging power came to be ruled by one strong man.
Turkey’s constitutional referendum: experts express fear for a divided country
Experts agree that Turkey is even further polarised after contested unofficial results show President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has won the right to expand his powers.
Erdoğan declares victory in his pursuit of one-man rule
After years of creeping authoritarianism, Turkey's president is now set up to take the reins in earnest.
Will Turkey’s referendum mark the end of democracy and the birth of ‘Erdoğanistan’?
Turkey's referendum could lead to a tremendous change in the country's political development, leading to an extremely autocratic regime.
Turkey holds its breath and prepares for an explosive referendum
Whatever the result of Turkey's long-awaited vote on presidential powers, things will get worse before they get better.
Does Turkey use ‘spying imams’ to assert its powers abroad?
The religious arm of Turkey's government, Dinayet, has European authorities up in arms after leaked documents suggested the agency was engaged in international espionage.
Turkey on the verge of democide as referendum looms
If the 'yes' vote prevails in this month's constitutional referendum, the Turkish people may be in the rare position of democratically approving the death of their own democracy.
Why Erdoğan is chasing Turkey’s overseas voters so hard
A diplomatic row with the Netherlands over campaigning abroad shows how the Turkish government is changing its strategy.
Syria
This year may be a critical turning point for Syria and the five-year civil war, at least for the Assad regime, which is…
Shunned by the West and menaced by Syria, Turkish foreign policy turns south
Caught out by the side effects of the Syrian civil war and deteriorating relations with the EU and the US, Turkey now appears to be in search of South-South cooperation.
Syria, Russia and Turkey – the uneasy alliance reshaping world politics
Bashar al-Assad, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan have a long history as leaders of their countries and players in the Syrian war.
One way Trump is different from European nationalists
An historian based in Poland sees many similarities between Trump and authoritarian nationalists like Poland's Jarosław Kaczyński. But the parallels only go so far.
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