Alternatif - Issue 1 Starting with this issue, our Perspectives will be published as Alternatif, and online. With the dossier "Before the flood: Paris" the first issue of Alternatif features articles and interviews on the reasons and results of climate change, international as well as national climate policies, and draws the attention to the upcoming COP21 Summit in Paris. As usual, you will find articles about the important developments and issues of the pre-election agenda of Turkey - such as the violence of power, the peace process, refugee crisis and food security- under the categories Democracy, Ecology, Foreign Policy and Culture. We hope that you will find this first issue of Alternatif as interesting as you hopefully found the previous issues of Perspectives. We are always happy to listen to your feedback.
Grandchildren-New Geographies of Belonging The Grandchildren: New Geographies of Belonging is an exhibition conceptually designed and coordinated by Silvina Der-Meguerditchian and is on display at the DEPO as part of the 14th Istanbul Biennial.
Hrant Dink Foundation 2015 International Hrant Dink Awards Saudi Arabian women rights defender Samar Badawi and the LGBT rights and freedoms defender Kaos GL Association were awarded the 2015 International Hrant Dink Award on September 15.
THE ROLE OF GERMANY IN THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE Overt alliance, covert responsibility In the centenary of the Armenian genocide, the debate has naturally extended to the role of Germany which was in an alliance with the Ottoman Empire during World War I Merve Erol
The end of the resolution process or AKP's Middle East Policy One of the most serious problems in understanding and discussing the Kurdish question in Turkey is that it is commonly seen as being confined to the boundaries of the Turkish nation-state. Harun Ercan
Mega projects and birds’ migration routes Population growth in Istanbul has led to a vertical and horizontal expansion of the city, giving rise to a significant number of new settlements constructed on open spaces, agricultural areas, water basins and forests. Zeynel Arslangündoğdu
Is there food security in Turkey* Current neoliberal economic understanding is based on speed, which means legal regulations and implementations that slow down the production-consumption process are seen as obstacles. Bülent Şık
People-centered refugee policies are possible The protection of migrants, asylum policies, and living conditions of those who have been obliged to migrate are becoming some of the most complicated issues in the world in conjunction with international migration. Doğuş Şimşek
AKP’s future: The fragmented Nom-du-père and the violence of power An analysis on the regime must refrain from synthetic distinctions between Erdoğan and the AKP and instead focus on the structural political and ideological atmosphere created in Turkey in the last few months. Kansu Yıldırım
Schrödinger’s Cat and Expectations for G20 and COP21 after the C20 Summit Well, what can we expect from the G20 Summit and COP21 Conference, where real intentions are hidden in closed boxes and policy proposals and expectations are to be designed on the basis of closed boxes?
