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Why did Turkey’s government go after academics soon after the coup? Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters

Why Turkey wants to silence its academics

A scholar who grew up in Turkey explains the important role Turkey’s academics play and why, following the recent coup, the government went after them.
In the future, will Turkey be a little, or a lot, democratic? Ammar Awad/Reuters

The tragedy of Turkish democracy in five acts

A professor at Ohio State surveyed Turkish citizens about their views on democracy. What he learned helps explain the current crisis in the EU wannabe.
Street protests in Turkey are denouncing the ‘traitors’, but the government has offered little solid evidence against those it accuses of plotting a coup. EPA/Cem Turkel

Turkey’s almost coup and the need for perspective

The Turkish government is accusing the Gülen movement of being behind the recent coup attempt, but there are reasons to doubt the claim.
Upon request, Facebook will remove content for violating local laws. In the last six months of 2014, it restricted access to 3,624 pieces of information in Turkey. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

Is internet freedom a tool for democracy or authoritarianism?

The U.S. State Department and the United Nations are spending big bucks to support the internet as a boon for democracy. But new research shows just providing access isn’t enough.
Relatives mourn a victim of the Istanbul airport attack. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

Explaining the Istanbul bombing: Turkey’s six foreign policy sins

Three suicide bombers killed 42 at Turkey’s busiest airport June 28. A scholar explains how Turkey’s foreign policy blunders have made the country such a target for terrorist attacks.

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