Turkey
IMF and Turkish government agree to new attacks on workers
By Sinan Ikinci, March 28, 2007
On March 9, the International Monetary Fund issued an edict to the Turkish authorities signalling a new wave of far-reaching attacks on Turkish workers in both the public and private sectors.
Turkey: Kurdish nationalists and left groups move towards electoral bloc
By Sinan Ikinci, March 21, 2007
With national elections set to be held in Turkey on November 4, political parties on both the right and “left” are increasingly engaged in unprincipled horse-trading. Plans and proposals t...
Turkey: depressed prices sparking farmers protests
By Sinan Ikinci, March 12, 2007
Turkish hazelnut estimates for 2006-2007 show a significant excess supply, putting huge downward pressure on prices of the key agricultural and export commodity and threatening the livelihoods of hund...
The background to the murder of Turkish journalist Hrant Dink
By Sinan Ikinci, January 27, 2007
On January 19 Hrant Dink, the well-known Turkish journalist of Armenian origin, was murdered in broad daylight on the streets of Istanbul by a right-wing assassin. Dink’s murder is the tragic re...
Freedom of speech under continuing attack in Turkey
By Sinan Ikinci, October 27, 2006
Last week, a court in Istanbul began hearings against the Turkish publisher, editors and translator of the book Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Noam Chomsky and Edwar...
Turkey: A new military intervention in the making
By Sinan Ikinci, October 20, 2006
Two weeks ago the high command of the Turkish military, with the full support of President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, launched a new campaign against the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP)...
What lies behind the terrorist attacks in Turkey?
By Justus Leicht, September 7, 2006
At the end of August, five bombs exploded within 24 hours in three Turkish cities, killing three people and injuring more than 120, among them many foreign tourists. Besides Istanbul, the tourist dest...
Mass protests by Turkish farmers
By Sinan Ikinci, August 29, 2006
On July 30, Turkish farmers held a 100,000-strong demonstration in the northeastern Black Sea city of Ordu to protest the policy adopted against hazelnut producers by the ruling Justice and Developmen...
Turkey: Police brutality intensifies along with the political crisis
By Sinan Ikinci and Kerem Kaya, August 25, 2006
Last week, daily papers in Turkey reported widely the case brought by Cigdem Nalbantoglu before a Republican Court against the conduct of police officers, including women, in Istanbul’s Beyoglu ...
Turkey: Protests in Istanbul against Israeli aggression
Islamic organizations seek to dampen opposition to government
By our correspondent, August 8, 2006
On August 4, hundreds of Islamic fundamentalists took part in demonstrations at several Istanbul mosques, including the Fatih and Beyazit mosques, which are strongholds of radical Islamic organization...
Turkey: privatised oil-refinery firm slashes 800 jobs
By Sinan Ikinci, August 1, 2006
On July 26 management of the recently privatised oil refining company Tupras (Turkish Petroleum Refineries Corporation) announced the first stage of its restructuring plan, which calls for the destruc...
Turkey: Twelve dead and hundreds injured in Kurdish protests
By Justus Leicht, April 6, 2006
During the past week, violent protests and demonstrations have taken place in the predominantly Kurdish southeast of Turkey, particularly in the regional metropolis of Diyarbakir. On Monday, 12 demons...
