From Editor-in-Chief The issue of resolving the longstanding challenges facing Kurds in Turkey—equality, citizenship, freedom, and justice—through peaceful and democratic means remains consistently on the agenda. Early in October, a
From Editor-in-ChiefFor some time now, the news and commentary about the possibility of a new "Kurdish Initiative" or "Peace Process" to resolve the Kurdish issue have been occupying newspaper pages,
From Editor-in-Chief With the start of the new legislative year on October 1, the country's political agenda seems to be heating up again. The first sign of this came during
From Editor-in-Chief Apart from the problem of escaping the economic crisis, which has been overwhelming everyone, mainly due to inflation, two issues have dominated the political agenda in recent weeks:
From Editor-in-Chief We’ve completed another two-week period with no significant developments to shift the persistent pessimistic climate that has gripped Turkey in a more optimistic direction. However, this hasn’t stopped
From Editor-in-ChiefPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whom President Erdoğan has been inviting to visit Turkey for some time and lamenting his lack of response, finally came to Turkey last week and
From Editor-in-Chief Turkish politics has witnessed significant developments in the past week and a half. Two events—the government's blocking of access to Instagram and President Erdoğan's accusation that those who
From Editor-in-Chief Among the political events that have marked the past two weeks, Devlet Bahçeli's threatening announcement of a list containing the identities of 154 individuals stands out. It is
From Editor-in-Chief The national political agenda has been relatively quiet in the past two weeks. Apart from developments in the Sinan Ateş murder case, which attracted public attention due to
From Editor-in-Chief Although we have not seen you on these pages for about three weeks due to a break in the Freedom Observer for the holidays, there have been no