Alev Yaman

Alev Yaman

How Culpable is Turkey for the Suruc Massacre?

SURUC MASSACRE

How Culpable is Turkey for the Suruc Massacre?

The Kurdish reaction to this tragic attack: Turkey is culpable for the rise of IS, that the state has directly and indirectly supported the terrorist group, and that Ankara has used IS as a proxy in a war against Kurdish forces in Rojava.

The Tightening Screws on Press Freedom in Turkey

ALEV YAMAN WROTE

The Tightening Screws on Press Freedom in Turkey

Erdoğan’s AKP administration has had more than a decade to fix this imbalance in Turkey’s anti-terror legislation. Despite repeated attempts at reform in recent years, the desperate situation in relation to these provisions persists.