Turkish Protests Spread [Videos]
The Turkish demonstration that was brutally broken up on Friday have spread to over 90 different demonstrations all across Turkey, the BBC reports. The original demonstration was not directed at the...
View ArticleA Turkish Blogger Explains Recent Protests
The Turkish government of Recip Erdogan is claiming that the protesters in Gezi Park are simply trying to stir up trouble against his government. A Turkish blogger, İnsanlik Hali, has published an...
View ArticleGrup Yorum And Creeping Dictatorship In Turkey [Videos]
Gazi Marşı The recent police brutality against peaceful protesters in Turkey is not new. Grup Yorum is a political folk music in Turkey that was jailed many times during since 1987 under various...
View ArticleReport From The Turkish Uprising [Video]
The Turkish revolt, which started in Gezi Park in Istanbul, has widened across Turkey, with major labour unions joining in, as well as people from the wide sector of Turkish society that is more...
View ArticleMusic From Grup Yorum [Videos]
Grup Yorum is a folk musical group that was established in Turkey in 1987. Their left-wing political message has landed members of the group in jail numerous times since their founding. Since the...
View ArticleOpposition In Turkey to Recip Erdogan Widens
A growing number of Turks fear that Recip Erdogan could be leading Turkey down the path of Islamist dictatorship, and past a point of no return. Even his supporters are starting to worry. Related...
View ArticleMusic From Grup Yorum of Turkey [Videos]
Grup Yorum is a Turkish musical group that laces Turkish folk music with a left-wing political message. The group has been in existence since 1987, during which time its members have been arrested...
View ArticleTurkey Under Erdogan Trying To Play Both Sides Against Kurds and Secularists
Turkey has, until now been promoting insurgent groups in Syria that want to topple President Bashar Assad. One fear of the Turks is the development of something resembling a Kurdish state in Syria....
View Article16 Year Old Turkish High School Student Busted For Criticising Erdogan
A 16 year old Turkish high school student faces up to four years in jail for insulting Turkey’s President Recip Erdogan, a man who has stated that democracy is like a bus that one takes to one’s...
View ArticleFree Press Under Fire on Eve of Turkish Elections [Video]
Pro Islamist prosecutors in Turkey have seized two leading secularist newspapers on the eve of Turkey’s parliamentary elections that are scheduled to take place Sunday, November 1. In the aftermath of...
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