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US-Turkey tensions mount over resolution on Armenian genocide

By Justus Leicht, March 9, 2010

While newspapers in Germany and other European countries have interpreted the adoption of the Armenian resolution by the US House Foreign Affairs Committee as a setback for Obama, the Turkish media se...

Senior military officers arrested in Turkey

By Justus Leicht, February 26, 2010

The arrest of a number of senior officers has brought the long-festering conflict between the government and the military in Turkey to a new climax.

Turkish foreign policy: growing conflicts with the West

By Justus Leicht, January 20, 2010

Tensions have been growing in the relations between Turkey and Israel for some time, and a major foreign policy crisis was only recently averted at the last moment.

Turkish Constitutional Court bans Kurdish party

By Justus Leicht, December 16, 2009

Turkey’s highest court has ordered that the Kurdish nationalist Democratic Society Party (DTP) be disbanded and has banned a number of its functionaries from holding political office.

Turkey: The Kurdish question takes centre stage

By Kerem Kaya, August 31, 2009

In recent weeks, the AKP (Justice and Development Party) government has taken steps—since dubbed the “democratic process”—towards addressing the Kurdish question through peaceful rather than m...

Turkish unions agree to sell-out contract for public workers

By Sinan Ikinci, July 10, 2009

The Turkish trade unions have played a crucial role in the decline in living standards experienced by workers during the past 15 years.

Turkish economy in freefall

By Sinan Ikinci, July 7, 2009

The latest statistics reveal the devastating impact of the economic crisis on Turkey.

Dramatic decline in Turkish wages

By Sinan Ikinci, June 30, 2009

Figures recently released by the Turkish Statistical Institute reveal that in the first quarter of 2009, as Turkey was being hit hard by the global financial crisis, not only real wages but also nomin...

Document points to alleged military plot against Turkish government

By Sinan Ikinci, June 23, 2009

On June 12, the daily newspaper Taraf published a new document, which allegedly reveals fresh plans by the Turkish military to discredit and destabilize the ruling Islamist Justice and Development Par...

Turkish unemployment soars to record level

By Sinan Ikinici, May 20, 2009

Despite platitudes from the Turkish government seeking to assure the population that a recovery is “around the corner,” unemployment has soared to its highest level ever.

Massacre in Kurdish area highlights Turkey’s “village guard” system

By Justus Leicht, May 13, 2009

Gunmen from a local “village guard” killed 44 people at a wedding party in the mainly Kurdish-populated region of Turkey on May 4.

Turkey: Metal workers protest threat of wage cut

By our correspondent, April 24, 2009

Turkish steel workers have demanded details of contract negotiations from the leadership of the Türk Metal trade union.