The world faces a refugee crisis that can only be solved with international cooperation. News coverage has focused heavily on the 1,800 migrants who have died at sea in hopes of reaching European shores...
Despite living in one of the world’s most diverse and beautiful cities, I and many other Istanbul teenagers grew up listening to horrendous stories of gender violence. At first, they were distant and...
Nov. 10, 1938, was a sad day for Turkish people. That was the day the founder of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, passed away in Istanbul. At 9:05 a.m. that day, Turkey lost the man who...
“What’s your name?”
“I’m Yoni.”
“That doesn’t sound Turkish. Where are you from?”
Every time I meet a new person back home, this is the dialogue that takes place.
Am I Turkish?...
To put this in the most straightforward fashion, the ruling AK Party of Turkey has been oppressing freedom of speech, censoring all kinds of ideas and threatening the living standards of non-conservatives...
