Why do Young Turks want to leave Turkey?
For the last 30 years, I have been a professor at Boğazici University, one of the top universities in Turkey. Every year, I give letters of recommendation to good students applying for graduate study...
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Arctic Melting, Salt Lake Drought : Every Second Counts
The United Nations COP26 Climate Change Conference came to a close on November 13, after two weeks of discussions of world leaders, activists, and experts. It made the headlines throughout the two weeks as...
Anti-vaccine rally in Turkey and a chain of contradictions
Anti-vaccine protesters held a rally in the Maltepe district of Istanbul on September 11 with the participation of thousands of people. Those attending the “Great Awakening” demonstration do not want to be called anti-vaccine....
In Afghanistan, real losers are women
The media is overflowing with news about Afghanistan. After a twenty-year occupation, the irregular withdrawal of the United States and the re-take of power by a group that it tried to destroy is, of...
China-US row over the origin of Covid-19 escalates
The row debate between the USA and China over the origin of the Covid-19 virus that shook the world is turning into a worldwide diplomatic war. China has launched a campaign through its diplomatic...
Antalya hotels killed caretta caretta hatchlings under walkway
An investigation has been launched into the killing of some 62 baby caretta carettas, or loggerheads, due to wooden walkways installed by two luxurious hotels in Antalya on the beach where the turtles lay...
Erdoğan appoints yet another ‘unwanted rector’ to Boğaziçi University
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appointed late on Aug. 20 Prof. Mehmet Naci İnci the new rector of Boğaziçi University, to replace Prof. Melih Bulu.Erdoğan had removed Bulu on July 15, following months-long resistance by...
Death toll of floods in Turkey’s Black Sea rises to 58
At least 58 people lost their lives in the floods after heavy rain hit the western provinces of Turkey’s Black Sea region on Aug. 11.“48 citizens in Kastamonu, 9 citizens in Sinop and one...
Contribution to biodiversity: TRAKUS Birds of Turkey
Turkey has been fighting forest fires for days. Drought was on the agenda before the fires. We still haven’t forgotten the death of the flamingos in Salt Lake. We are paying the heaviest price...
Mob attacks broadcast criticizing Turkish gov’t over wildfires
A group of journalists covering the wildfires in the Aegean coast of Marmaris were attacked by a pro-government mob late on Aug. 5. Commentators covering the poor measures against the fire that destroyed forests...