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21 May 2012

Turkey: Poetic Commemoration of Uludere Airstrike Victims

Written by Stratos Moraitis · Human Rights, Literature

In December 2011 in southeastern Turkey several Turkish Airforce F-16s bombed a convoy of Turkish Kurds on mules who were engaged in border trade, apparently mistaking them for Kurdish rebels. Thirty-four were killed. Poet Bejan Matur has paid tribute to the victims in words and photos.

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11 May 2012

Turkey: Outrage at Sentencing of Scarf Case Student

Written by Stratos Moraitis · Human Rights, Law

On May 11 Cihan Kirmizigul, an engineering student at Galatasaray University in Istanbul, was sentenced to 11 years and 3 months in jail, accused of firebombing a building - but many believe his only "crime" was wearing a Kurdish scarf in the vicinity of the attack.

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8 May 2012

May Day Videos: Marches, Demonstrations and Protests Around The World

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Governance, History

Through cities around the globe, people took to the streets to march and commemorate the International Workers' Day. Videos by The Real News take us on a tour of how the day was observed throughout the world.

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18 March 2012

Turkey: Police Attack Kurds Celebrating Newroz

Written by Ruwayda Mustafah · Breaking News, Arts & Culture

Thousands of Kurds took to the streets in celebration of Newroz across Turkey today but were dispersed with water cannons and tear gas. The celebration marks the first day of Spring. Kurds in the past were not allowed to exert their Kurdish identity in public, but since the 1980s, Newroz has become a symbolic event in highlighting Kurdish culture, and identity.

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29 January 2012

UK: #TwitterKurds Organize First Social Media Gathering in London

Written by Nigar Hacizade · Freedom of Speech, Human Rights

A group of Kurdish Internet activists that have been organizing around the #TwitterKurds hashtag on Twitter have come together for the first Kurdish Social Media Gathering earlier this month in London. The event was live streamed and joined in via Skype and YouTube by those who could not be there physically, although there were participants who had traveled from as far as Australia to participate.

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21 September 2011

Global: Reflections on Peace Day 2011

Written by Paula Góes · Ideas, Human Rights

To mark the International Day of Peace, celebrated on September 21, female bloggers from The SunFlower Post share their perspectives on world peace by reflecting on the realities of their lives in Mexico, China, Turkey, Russia and Latvia.

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13 September 2011

Egypt: Turkey's Response to Kurds Questioned as Erdogan Speaks in Cairo

Written by Ruwayda Mustafah · Breaking News, Human Rights

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's speech about the Palestinian bid for a statehood at the Arab League was translated online live by members of social networking sites, namely Twitter, for those who did not speak Arabic or Turkish. Ruwayda Mustafah reports.

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26 August 2011

Turkey: An Armenian Adventure on Two Wheels

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Arts & Culture, Travel

Despite historical differences and a closed border, an Armenian motorcyclist travels across Turkey, blogging his experiences and observations en route.

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11 August 2011

Syria: World Cities Rally Against and For Bashar

Written by Thalia Rahme · Human Rights, Protest

Events in Syria are being echoed around the world. Syrians in the diaspora rallied in the majority of the cities in the world, either asking to overthrow Bashar Al Assad and his regime or chanting their love to their leader. Check out this video round up for footage from demonstrations worldwide.

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24 July 2011

Turkey: Ethnic Tension Rises Further as Street Clashes Erupt in Istanbul

Written by Kubra · Breaking News, Protest

In the aftermath clashes between army and separatist Kurdish PKK militants earlier this month, ethnic tension in Turkey continues to grow. Marches in the Zeytinburnu district of Istanbul broke out into larger scale street fighting on the night of July 21.

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Updates about Turkey

30 April 2012

English

Writing on Hyperallergic, Hrag Vartanian explains how he marked the 97th anniversary of the massacre and deportation of 1.5 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. The writer and art critic/curator took his mother to an exhibition of Armenian art exploring art, westernization and ethnic identity in the post-Genocide world.

• Onnik Krikorian

25 April 2012

English

Following this week's 97th anniversary of the 1915 massacre and deportation of Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire, vgratian asks its readers “Does the world need to recognize the Armenian Genocide?”

• Onnik Krikorian

22 April 2012

English

Security, in the Caucasus and beyond…. comments on the 97th anniversary of the massacre and deportation of 1.5 million Armenians from the Ottoman Empire in 1915. Considered an act of genocide by many historians and countries, the blog explains why the events are still very much politically relevant to both Armenia and Turkey today.

• Onnik Krikorian

19 January 2012

Updates

Stella Tsolakidou of the Greek Reporter website writes about the recent publication of the Cretan literature masterpiece “Erotokritos” in Turkish. Erotokritos is a 17th century epic romance, and has been translated by Professor Hakki Bilgehan, a Turkish microbiology professor, and published by the Foundation of Lausanne Treaty Emigrants [Turkish].

• Veroniki Krikoni

9 January 2012

English

Trici Venola's wonderful Istanbul drawings and reflections - at her Drawing On Istanbul blog: “Plein Air drawing in Turkey: blogging about the site and the process.” More drawings by Trici are here.

• Veronica Khokhlova

3 January 2012

English

Writing on the Huffington Post, Ziya Meral explains why honoring those Turks that saved Armenians during the collapse of the Ottoman Empire is important. Meral argues that recognizing these ‘Turkish Schindlers' would go some way in defusing tensions between Armenia and Turkey, making the events of 1915 a shared tragedy. For this reason he has launched his own blog-based project to honor those that did save Armenians in what many consider to be the first genocide of the 20th Century at http://www.projectcommonhumanity.net.

• Onnik Krikorian

29 December 2011

Turkish

Two recent initiatives by civic-minded journalists added value to the e-content in local languages from Macedonia and nearby countries: Diversity Media is offering news analysis through text and audio podcasts in Macedonian and Albanian, and Balkon3.com is enabling “peeking over the neighbors' fence” in Macedonian, Turkish, Greek, and English. The former also started a competition for news bloggers [mk, sq], ending Jan. 31.

• Filip Stojanovski

9 December 2011

English

Jovana Tozija wrote lovingly about making ajvar, a traditional favorite winter provision in Macedonia and some other post-Ottoman countries.

• Filip Stojanovski

17 November 2011

English

At BlogActiv.eu, Kader Sevinc writes about “a creative way of criticizing the Schengen visa procedure” - Schengen Macht Frei, a song by Sarp Yeletaysi/Sarpinto, who writes this on SoundCloud: “[…] This song is the product of many visits to embassies of European countries to obtain a visa which is a painful, costly, time-consuming and humiliating process. […] This is my attempt to raise awareness about the Schengen Problem which I believe is a violation of basic human rights […].”

• Veronica Khokhlova

5 November 2011

English

Back in Armenia from his motorcycle ride through Turkey, Areg Harutyunyan reflects on the journey and shares his impressions of the country. Despite its political and historical problems with Armenia, the motorcyclist and blogger says Turkey is fascinating, hospitable, complex, and diverse.

• Onnik Krikorian

Comments on "Turkey"

Turkey: Poetic Commemoration of Uludere Airstrike Victims

turkey uses usa's predators , napalm and chemical bombs to kill kurd people easily.if usa give predators combined with weapons,then...

Ahiska Turks have not Disappeared they Live in the United states Freely and i am One of them there Are...
As a Meskhetian Turk living in Georgia and are actively looking the process , I think that our Mesketain's repatriation...
Thank you for this very striking article Onnik. As a 3rd generation ethnic Abkhaz refugee in Turkey, I know how...

Happy Newroz Turks used execess force, everyone says that, Turks should let Kurds celeberate. Where in the world celeberation is faced by...
What a fantastic spring festivale. Demonstrators, some armed with homemade bombs and firebombs. Turkish girl burnt to death with the molotov cocktail...