Turkey’s paradigm concerning Syrian refugees has changed completely in as short as six weeks. Let us begin with a brief summary of the latest events which will be detailed further below. 

It is estimated that there are 3.4 billion hectares of pasture areas all over the world. Twelve percent of these areas are located in China, 11% in Australia, 7 % in the USA, and 6% in Brasil. Turkey is ranked as 46th among the countries having the largest pasture areas in the world with 14,6 million hectares.1

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. 

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. 

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

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.