Category Archives: Erdogan

Media criticism of Turkish State finally moving to the forefront

Posted on 01/07/2016 by Ed Sykes

After the most recent terrorist attack on Turkish soil inspired or organised by Daesh (Isis/Isil) on 28 June, I once again highlighted the context of Ankara’s long-standing complicity with Wahhabi extremism – in anticipation of understated media attention on the current government in … Continue reading →

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Chaos at Erdoğan’s talk in the USA (31 March)

Posted on 01/04/2016 by Ed Sykes

This week I focused mainly on mocking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and stressing that the West is slowly losing patience with their ally’s authoritarian antics. But on the same day I published my article on Erdoğan, numerous sources spoke of chaos … Continue reading →

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Democracy and freedom of speech are terrorist offences in Turkey

Posted on 19/02/2016 by Ed Sykes

Turkey was never exactly the home of freedom and democracy. But since the ruling AKP abandoned peace talks with the left-wing militants of the PKK in July 2015, the State’s authoritarian crackdown on civil society has become even worse. The … Continue reading →

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Ankara bombing – Turkey’s attempt to justify invading Syria

Posted on 19/02/2016 by Ed Sykes

On 17 February, 28 people – mostly soldiers – were killed by a car bomb attack in the Turkish capital of Ankara. A further 64 were wounded. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu almost immediately tried to pin the blame on … Continue reading →

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Cizre, Leyla İmret, & Turkish Democracy

Posted on 12/09/2015 by Ed Sykes

The HDP co-mayor of the Cizre district of Turkey’s Şırnak Province, 28-year-old Leyla İmret, was brought into the world of politics very abruptly at an early age, with her father being killed “before her eyes” by Turkish “security forces” when … Continue reading →

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Demirtaş to Turkish PM: ‘Prove they were not civilians’

Posted on 11/09/2015 by Ed Sykes

A week on from the start of a Turkish military siege on the city of Cizre, the co-leader of Turkey’s progressive pro-peace party (the Peoples’ Democratic Party or HDP) has insisted today that at least 20 of those killed by … Continue reading →

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