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Posted by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir on Jul 16, 2018 in Featured, Middle East, Turkey |

Erdogan’s Re-election and Its Dire Consequences

The reelection of Turkey’s President Erdogan, falsely considered to be free, fair, and representative of the will of the majority of the Turkish population, has dire...

Posted by Inbar Amit on Jul 13, 2018 in Featured, Foreign Policy & IR, Israel-Palestine, Middle East, Turkey |

A History of the Turkish-Israeli Relationship

In 1949, Turkey became the first majority Muslim nation to recognize Israel. In 2018, Yair Netanyahu, son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, posted a picture...

Posted by John Weston on Mar 13, 2018 in Featured, Foreign Policy & IR, Syria, Turkey |

Afrin Under Siege: Turkey Enters the Syrian War

The Syrian Civil War has seen multiple evolutions since its origins in March 2011 with anti-government protests against the dictatorship of Bashar Al-Assad. With ISIS...

Erdoğan Calls Monument of Turkish-Armenian Relations a “Monstrosity”

Turkish sculptor Mehmet Aksoy is no stranger to provoking conflict over his works of art. He has had politicians in his country disapprove of his work, such as the...

Intimate Connection with CANAN’s Exhibition “Behind Mount Qaf”

CANAN is the persona of Turkish-Kurdish artist, feminist, and activist who was born with the name Canan Şahin. Born in Istanbul in 1970, CANAN went to Marmara...

Imprisoning the Artist But Not the Art: The Persecution of Zehra Doğan

In July 2016, Kurdish artist and journalist Zehra Doğan was imprisoned for her problematic art and social media posts that were harshly critical of the Turkish...

Screening of The Box Depicts Refugee Life as a Child

This Tuesday, Boğaziçi University held a screening of the short animation The Box: A Syrian Story, which was directed, written, and produced by Boğaziçi alumna Merve...

Mustang: A Fictional Telling of Female Struggle in Turkey

One Turkish film that has received prominent international exposure is Mustang (2015), which tells a powerful story of five orphaned sisters living with their...

Nil Yalter’s Art and the Refugee Crisis in Turkey

Nil Yalter is hardly a new name in the world of contemporary art; from issues of feminism to immigration, she has been expressing both political and non-political...

Posted by Jasmine Lee on Oct 22, 2017 in Featured, Protesting the Powerful: Art & Resistance in Turkey, Turkey |

Turkey’s Cartoonists Under Fire, Freedom of Speech Under Threat

In the beginning of January 2015, an attack that took place in the office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo shook the entire nation of France. The shooting,...