Turkey
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.
