Monthly Archives: February 2017

The Turkish foreign ministry has branded one third of its diplomats as terrorists by merely an executive decision without any judicial process or an effective administrative probe, purging them summarily with a complete disregard to a due process, fair trial … Continue reading →

The deepening confidence crisis between Turkey and the NATO allies that has now reached to a breaking point after the staged coup bid of July 15 of last year that effectively purged most, if not all, pro-NATO officers from Turkish … Continue reading →

Turkey’s Islamist rulers have not only spread fabricated news and planted false stories in the Turkish media, which is now pretty much controlled by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, but have also disseminated fake news abroad to influence Muslim communities. In … Continue reading →

Feeling both shamed and troubled by the number of alerts posted on the Council of Europe (CoE) Platform for the Safety of Journalists, which promotes protection and security for journalism, the Turkish government had quietly lobbied to limit the public … Continue reading →

The pattern of increasing cases of arbitrary refusal of consular services to critics and dissidents abroad by Turkey’s embassies and consulates is yet another example of how Turkish democracy has taken a turn for the worse on its way to … Continue reading →