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  • Hope for the opposition after the 2024 local elections in Turkey
    After the local elections in Turkey

    An end to AKP rule?

    Last week's local election results in Turkey are a setback for the ruling AKP party and President Erdogan – but do they also herald an end to the party's uncontested power?

  • Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu waves in front of supporters as they celebrate outside the main municipality building following municipal elections across Turkey, Istanbul, 31 March 2024
    Local elections in Turkey

    How the opposition won

    Turkey's economic woes are the reason why so many voters turned against long-sitting President Erdoğan, experts say.

  • View of Istanbul from the water
    Turkish literature in translation

    Hakan Bicakci's disintegrating self

    At the heart of Hakan Bicakci's novel "Schlaftrunken" – literally 'half-asleep' – lies an Istanbul torn apart by the gentrifying diggers and a protagonist plagued by sleeplessness and nightmares, watching his life slip through his fingers

  • Man stands in front of the Hagia Sophia, his back to the camera, wearing a Turkish flag t-shirt
    Turkey at 100

    A country struggling to find its place

    Tensions with the West and ambitions to become a regional peacekeeping power have brought Turkey's grand strategy into focus. Will distancing itself from Western values and ideas of democracy end in the country disengaging from Europe?

  • Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (left) and Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) displayed on banners during a naval display in Istanbul
    Turkey at 100

    What will become of Ataturk's legacy?

    A century ago, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded the Turkish Republic based on secular values. Today, many fear his vision is under threat by conservative President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  • To mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey, German journalist Cigdem Akyol has written a new history of what she calls "the divided republic".
    Ataturk's republic turns 100

    Turkey's enduring identity crisis

    To mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey, German journalist and Qantara.de contributor Cigdem Akyol has written a new history of what she calls "the divided republic". Marian Brehmer read the book

  • One hundred years after it was signed, the Treaty of Lausanne is still the subject of political controversy and conspiracy theories. What is the accord's legacy and what role does it play today in Turkey’s domestic and foreign policy decision-making?
    100 years of the Turkish Republic

    The legacy of the Treaty of Lausanne

    One hundred years after it was signed, the Treaty of Lausanne is still the subject of political controversy and conspiracy theories. What is the accord's legacy and what role does it play today in Turkey’s domestic and foreign policy decision-making? Analysis by Yasar Aydin

  • Turkey

    A 100-year-old democracy with ups and downs

    Turkey will mark the centenary of the proclamation of the Turkish republic in October. But 2023 will be an important year in another respect too: Turks will go to the polls in June to elect their next president – an election that could usher in a new era in its history. By Burak Ünveren

  • Marking the anniversary of Rumi's death in Konya

    From traditional to lifestyle Sufism

    In 1925, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk had the Sufi orders shut down. In modern-day Konya, the city council uses whirling dervishes in its marketing campaigns. Marian Brehmer on Islamic mysticism in Turkey

  • Few political symbols are more divisive in Turkey than the headscarf. For decades, the Turkish raison d'etat regarded the headscarf as a threat to modern, secular Turkey. For the country's founder Ataturk, the headscarf was the epitome of Islam at its most reactionary.
    Turkey's headscarf debate

    The politics of hijab

    In Turkey, the secular opposition is seeking to enshrine the right of women to wear a headscarf in law – scoring an own goal that plays straight into President Erdogan’s hands. Yet again, men are arguing about women's clothing. By Burak Unveren

  • Challenging Turkish history from the ground up

    "The stories of our families"

    More and more voices are being raised in Turkey that challenge previous versions of the country's history. These alternative accounts, still largely ignored by official quarters, are breaching longstanding taboos and deconstructing the political narrative. By Ceyda Nurtsch

  • Hakan Gunday is one of the most exciting authors on today’s Turkish literature scene. His novel "Ziyan", now published in German as "Verlust" – literally 'loss' – takes a radical and contemplative look at a country mired in permanent military conflict.
    Turkish author Hakan Gunday's "Verlust"

    The ghosts of the army

    Hakan Gunday is one of the most exciting authors on today’s Turkish literature scene. His novel "Ziyan", now published in German as "Verlust" – literally 'loss' – takes a radical and contemplative look at a country mired in permanent military conflict. Gerrit Wustmann read the book

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