Erdoğan began moving against the press even before the coup, and one man who knows this all too well is Abdullah Bozkurt, an early target of AKP censorship who spoke to MintPress to explain how Erdoğan’s imperial presidency came to be and what may come next.
The internationally recognized opposition has been plagued by infighting, incompetency and accusations of corruption since its inception.
Protesters chanting slogans and carrying Syrian revolutionary flags during a demonstration in Kafar Souseh, Damascus, Syria. Four years later, the activists’ goals are eclipsed in a conflict many believe has become a choice between rule by Assad and rule by ISIS. GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Four years after Syria’s
Mahmoud Darwish’s words still resonate on the 5-year anniversary of his passing.
Open a newspaper or turn on the news today and the bulk of Middle East news will cover the thousands killed in Syria or yet another round of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, this time shepherded by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
The myopic political theater is a well-worn road for the international
