Nov. 1 marked the sixth anniversary of the Turkish government’s arrest of Osman Kavala, a prominent Turkish philanthropist and civil society leader. In a letter, Kavala said he had been behind…
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Life Prison Sentence for Turkish Cultural Rights Activist Osman Kavala is Upheld
by Joel Fosterby Joel Foster(New York) – Türkiye’s Supreme Court of Appeals yesterday upheld the life imprisonment sentence against Osman Kavala on September 28. Kavala, a cultural rights activist and founder of several publishing houses has…
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Will Turkey’s Conservative Young Women Abandon Erdogan and AKP?
by Pete Barnettby Pete BarnettIZMIR, Turkey — Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which faces one of the toughest electoral challenges of its 20-year rule in the May 14 election, is losing its electoral…
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Caucasus, Central Asian countries express condolences over deadly quake in Türkiye
by Ivan Griffinby Ivan GriffinISTANBUL Countries in the Caucasus and Central Asia expressed their condolences and showed solidarity with Ankara on Monday as a strong earthquake hit southern Türkiye earlier in the day. “We…
