By Marianna Panteli
Tag: turkey
He Wasn’t Always Like This: Erdoğan’s Populism Explained
Polen Türkmen explores Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s populist image and how it has evolved over time.
A Brief Guide to the Turkish Lira Crisis
Polen Türkmen analyses the causes that have led to the loss in value of the Turkish Lira.
Turkey: Our Might Makes Right
By Ruaraidh Maciver Middle East/Africa Editor, History Undergraduate Student Throughout history, we have seen attempts by every country across the globe to justify military action. In 2003, we heard President George W. Bush justify Operation Iraqi Freedom, as the existence of a ‘regime that threatens peace with weapons of mass murder’ was unacceptable to ‘the United…
Read All About It (Or Not): The Trouble with the Turkish Press
By Kate Cyr Correspondent, Masters Student in Peace & Conflict Studies Istanbul’s 2013 Gezi Park protests unearthed muddy tales of corruption, bias, and authoritarianism that powerful conglomerates and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) would have preferred buried indefinitely. The government received global scrutiny as anyone from students to grandmothers gathered in the streets…
The St Andrews Economist 