The life of seasonal agricultural workers can be explained by evaluating some of the stages of their work periods. The problems start with the high rates of unemployment in the home cities of the workers. Low employment opportunities and the unequal distribution of land in the rural areas of Southeast Anatolia considerably reduces the means of livelihood for its inhabitants.

... the fault lines that Iran-Saudi Arabia, Iran-West, also Iran-Israel and, most importantly, the unnamed Turkey–Iran rivalry expresses settles on Syrian land. In addition to all this, Russia; who has the only sea base left in the Mediterranean, in the Tartus Harbour of this country, wants to return to Middle Eastern politics...

Turkey’s over-engagement in the Syria issue is related mainly to its competition with Iran. This can be explained as “taking the initiative unnecessarily”; in other words, being over involved in an issue beyond the real purpose. However, another reason could be that in the Shiite-Sunni polarization, Turkey, backed by the Gulf countries and the USA against Iran, took on the mission to be the spokesperson and possibly the “striking power” of the Western world.

The 4+4+4 process draws a very pessimistic picture about the future of Turkey in terms of democracy and the transformation of the education system. Education, an area which interests everyone and which should be constructed on the basis of scientific findings, has witnessed a transformation within one month, which turned the whole system upside down, without any research or impact assessment processes.

Those who think there is a showdown with the coups and the Armed Forces of Turkey being liquidated despite its resistance are wrong. The ongoing fight does not go further than a cutthroat showdown between the former counter-guerillas, who fell from the governing power and the counter-guerillas currently in power whose actual duty is to defend the deep state.

It could  never be considered that people trained in the schools of the Gülen community ... However, the placement of these individuals in the bureaucracy as part of a strategy as well as a hierarchical organization within the community and manipulation of the State’s opportunities for the community’s (his own) interests changes the circumstances.

Four weeks after the beginning of the nuclear crisis on Japan’s east coast, the situation at the country’s Fukushima Daiichi power plant remains far from stabilized. The damaged reactors continue to leak radioactivity, and although it is impossible to predict the overall impact of the disaster, the consequences for the international nuclear industry will be devastating. Mycle Schneider, Antony Froggatt, and Steve Thomas have again performed a vital public service by preparing this uniquely independent, thorough, and timely assessment of the global status of nuclear power, both before and after the Fukushima disaster began to unfold on March 11, 2011.

Today, the debate and advocacy about human rights has spread beyond its initial confines to numerious fields of action, though it´s unclear to which extent this change in attitude will impact governments an institutions, such as the World Bank. Looking at the institution of the World Bank today, it can be said,that most of its commitments to human rights has been largely rhetorical so far

Turkey′s post-crisis adjustments under the AKP administration traces the steps of many developing countries, which are dependent on foreign capital and are conditioned to adopt or maintain contradictonary policies. In order to secure ″investor confidence″ and ″international creditworthiness″, Turkey maintained high real rates of interest in anticipation of increased foreign capital inflow into the domestic economy

Women and girls, who are living in communities affected by extractive projects bear the brunt of environmental, social and economic impacts. Women for example mostly face livelihood loss, increased carework, forced prostitution and human traffiking, rape and sexually transmitted diseases due to the presence of extractive industries in their communities