Başakşehir: The regime team In the history of Turkey, there is not a single day that football has not been intertwined with politics. It is already absurd to claim that football, a vastly popular social phenomenon, can be separated from a political context. In Turkey, the relationship between football and politics is far from being disguised;…
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Football under siege: Amedspor vs. the Erdogan regime
Football under siege: Amedspor vs. the Erdogan regime Turkey under Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rule is a bizarre place. Whatever you do, whatever you say, you somehow get into trouble. Take Beritan Canözer and Hayri Tunç for instance, two of many Kurdish reporters who are officialy “not imprisoned for being journalists.” Or if you meddle with government’s…
In Turkey, your rights are defended as long as you have friends (and you’re famous)
In Turkey, your rights are defended as long as you have friends (and you’re famous) Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, led by iron-hand President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has a horrendous record of imprisoning, censoring and harassing journalists. Notably, after the 2013 Gezi resistance movement and Erdoğan’s feud with former ally, religious leader Fethullah Gülen…
Facebook is a predator of freedom of speech in Turkey (unless you’re a gay-bashing ultra-nationalist hatemonger)
Facebook is a predator of freedom of speech in Turkey (unless you’re a gay-bashing ultra-nationalist hatemonger) Turkish government, one of leading violators of freedom of expression, particularly on the Internet, has been pushing major international social media outlets to open offices in the country for two main reasons; to make them pay taxes and more…
Who is talking (and who’s not) about Turkey’s silent and bloody civil war?
Who is talking (and who’s not) about Turkey’s silent and bloody civil war? Turkey’s Islamist-conservative AKP government has been imposing days-long curfew on predominantly Kurdish regions, which, since June 2015, have opted out voting for the ruling party and given a strong support to the up and coming Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the latest flag bearer…
Turkey, where social networks are regime’s new guard dogs
Turkey, where social networks are regime’s new guard dogs Turkey’s iron-hand ruler Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) have been enjoying an incontestable power which gradually converts itself to an autocratic regime. The roots of AKP’s unshakeable reign are widely debated; it could be the traditional rural Turkish culture, the religion, the…
Next station: Turkey police state
AKP regime’s newly proposed “Internal Security Law” promises a dystopic future for Turkey.
Metal workers’ strike: a breakpoint in Turkish labour history?
Fifteen thousand metal workers goes on strike in Turkey
Arrests are nothing unexpected
The regime holds a grudge against anyone even remotely questioning Erdoğan’s policies (or rants), and does not wait too much for a takedown.
We all go down sometimes!
AEK is an inspiration, it’s the Mandela of sports clubs. And you can never give up inspiring just because you’re down. Especially when your whole legacy tells you otherwise.