Turkey

Hagia Sophia
Confronting the Middle East’s Bloody Past

Without a proper appraisal of the past, the violence in Middle East will continue to echo throughout the region and cause ever greater devastation.

Agacli countryside
The Environmental Cost of Job Creation

With construction underway on Istanbul’s third airport, nearby villagers wonder whether the environmental cost of creating new jobs is too high.

Ani, a national emblems for Armenia, remains achingly out of reach to modern Armenians.
The Decay of an Ancient Armenian Village in Turkey

Located within binocular-viewing distance of the Armenian border, the Turkish historical ruin of Ani stands as a site of possible reconciliation between bitter foes. But politicization and a lack of preservation suggest otherwise.

Sketches of those who died in Suruç appeared in Ozgur Genclik
Life for Pro-Kurdish Organisations Gets Harder After the Coup

In July 2015 its members were killed when a suicide bomber's detonation ripped through a crowd of youth activists in the city of Suruç in southern Turkey. Now members of the pro-Kurdish youth organisation SDGF are under attack from their own government.

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