“Arrest relates to alleged membership of Kurdistan Workers’ party, which is proscribed by Turkey and the west” says Bethan Mckernan in Guardian.
The Syrian musician Omar...
"While Turkey’s latest official inflation figures beat expectations, raising some concerns over data integrity, consumer prices are expected to keep rising amid growing global...
In his first interview since he was released from prison, Turkish writer Ahmet Altan has told people to speak up and not be afraid. "You can't make fear so ordinary. Fear is so ordinary now, and I don't think it's something we can accept so easily…I went to prison, I came out, and I can go back again," he said.
New York Times, May 18, 2021, Carlotta Gall, image: Cumhuriyet
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, already hampered by an economic crisis and a surge in coronavirus...
"Turkey’s major Alevi organizations announce they will open their houses of worship to LGBTQ individuals in support of equal funeral rights" reports Sibel Hurtas...
"Rassemblements mixtes où l’on vend de l’alcool, K-pop jugée trop “efféminée” ou encore chanteuse kurde bannie : les interdictions de festivals et de concerts pleuvent...
"Recevant les dirigeants suédois et finlandais, Joe Biden s’est félicité de leur demande d’adhésion à l’Alliance atlantique, sans mentionner les conditions posées par Ankara"...
