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  • 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.

  • Artwork of faceless women in short black dresses with short dark hair with the Turkish word "Cumhuriyet" in white
    Turkey's 100th and contemporary art

    What's left of the 'Republican woman'?

    The modern, well-educated, progressive woman was a key pillar of the Turkish Republic's social project when it was founded a hundred years ago. How have female visual artists engaged with this ideal and its reality?

  • 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

  • Drinking alcohol has been banned in Iran in the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
    Alcohol in Iran, Turkey and the USA

    Are all taboos justified?

    Iran's ban on alcohol has led to a rise in methanol poisonings, revealing the deadly side of prohibition. The situation mirrors past failures in the U.S. and contrasts with more lenient policies in countries like Turkey. By Niloofar Gholami

  • 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

  • Selahattin Demirtas' "Cold Front"

    Political prose from prison

    Selahattin Demirtas, former co-chair of the Turkish opposition party HDP, has been in prison since 2016. He has published five books during this time. The short story collection "Cold Front" is the second to be published in German. Gerrit Wustmann reviews the book for Qantara.de

  • Elections in Turkey

    Turkish nationalists on the rise

    Neither Erdogan's botched response to the February quakes nor the ailing economy seem to have hurt his popularity with supporters. The president is still capable of turning things around, says Erkan Arikan

  • In the presidential and parliamentary elections coming up on 14 May, one in five eligible voters will be under the age of 30. What does Generation Z want, and will it end up deciding the elections?
    Turkish elections

    Can Turkey's Gen Z tip the scales?

    In Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections on 14 May, one in five eligible voters will be under the age of 30. What does Generation Z want, and will it end up deciding the elections? By Ceyda Nurtsch

  • Elections in Turkey

    The end of the Erdogan era?

    As polling day on 14 May approaches, opinion polls put Turkey's opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu ahead of President Erdogan. Could this mean that Erdoğan's time at the helm of the nation is almost over? An analysis by Yasar Aydin

  • Parliamentary and presidential elections in Turkey are scheduled for 14 May, with the polls pointing to a close race. So which parties are backing Recep Tayyip Erdogan's election alliance?
    Election run-up in Turkey

    Who are Erdogan's allies?

    Parliamentary and presidential elections in Turkey are scheduled for 14 May, with the polls pointing to a close race. Elmas Topcu takes a look at the parties that support President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's election alliance

  • As countless Turks shiver in the cold, mourning their dead, many are asking why Erdogan's government has failed to instigate effective earthquake mitigation plans in a region so at risk from tectonic instability.
    Turkey earthquake

    Whatever happened to Turkey's earthquake tax?

    As countless Turks shiver in the cold, mourning their dead, many are asking why Erdogan's government has failed to instigate effective earthquake mitigation plans in a region so at risk from tectonic instability

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