SCHAFERS, Marlene. Voices That Matter. Kurdish Women at the Limits of Representation in Contemporary Turkey. University of Chicago Press, 2022.
A fine-grained ethnography exploring the sociopolitical power...
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US and Russian...
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"American Jewish Committee CEO David Harris talks to Kathimerini about close Greece-Israel relationship, lauds trilateral with Cyprus" reports Tom Ellis.
David Harris, the CEO of...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on...
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Turkish President Recep...
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"Before travelling to Moscow last week, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stopped over in Ankara to meet Tayyip Erdogan and praise the Turkish leader’s diplomatic...
"The convention was ratified by the parliament and therefore cannot be annulled by a presidential decree, the prosecutor has stated" says Bianet English.
Turkey's top...
