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Interview with Yasar Aydin on press freedom in Turkey

Repression reaches new heights

By seizing the newspaper "Zaman" and placing it under state control, the Turkish government has yet again compromised the rule of law and democracy, says Turkey expert Yasar Aydin in an interview with Helena Baers
Anti-construction protests in Turkey

″Reclaim Istanbul!″ – policy vs. architecture

Turkey′s construction industry is booming. As a key pillar of the nation's economy, President Erdogan's ambitious goal is to ensure it catapults Turkey into the world's top ten economies by 2023. But the AKP's ″urban transformation project″ has many downsides. By Ceyda Nurtsch
"Gallipoli" by Tolga Örnek

The Birth of Legends and Heroes

Ninety years ago 86,000 Turkish soldiers and more than 40,000 Allied soldiers died in the battle of Gallipoli. While Australia and New Zealand keep the memory of the battle alive with Anzac Day, here it is hardly known. Now Tolga Örnek has made a film about it
Atom Egoyan's "Ararat"

"Who Remembers the Armenians Today?"

"Ararat", the latest film by the Canadian-Armenian director Atom Egoyan, deals with the massacre of the Armenians in Turkey - where the movie will not be shown. Amin Farzanefar on the film, the director and his oeuvre
Interview Mehmet Aktas and Bülent Kücük

"Kurdish Cinema Really Started out with Yilmaz Güney"

Is there such a thing as authentic Kurdish cinema, a Kurdish language film style? Amin Farzanefar speaks with Mehmet Aktas and Bülent Kücük
Kurdish in exile

The right to a mother tongue

An estimated 800,000 Kurds from various countries live in Germany. Keeping up their mother tongue has proved difficult. Ceyda Nurtsch on the efforts to maintain Kurdish language and literature in the German diaspora, and pass them on to future generations
Turkey's Ethnic Rifts

Tearing at the Country's Fabric

Further cracks are appearing along Turkey's ethnic fault lines. According to the Turkish authorities provocations prior to a referendum on constitutional amendments are the main reason, but experts suggest otherwise. By Ayşe Karabat
Kurdish DTP Party Banned in Turkey

Old Prejudices Resurface

The Turkish ban on the Democratic Society Party (DTP) has led to protests and riots. Some Kurdish politicians are considering forming a new party, but since the 1990s three have already been banned. Jürgen Gottschlich investigates
History of the Caliphate

We are all caliphs!

The history of the Caliphate is, with a few exceptions, an unstable and unhappy one. In this essay, Stefan Weidner explains why the self-appointed caliphs of today, like the ISIS leader in Iraq, have little in common with the caliphs of old
Tamim Ansary: "Destiny Disrupted"

World History from an Islamic Perspective

Afghan-born Tamim Ansary has written a history of the world that takes Islam as its central focus. Events are related from a Muslim point of view, beginning with the life of the Prophet through to September 11th, 2001. Review by Klaus Heymach