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A Narrowing Corridor of Türkiye: The end of Açık Radyo

Açık Radyo has held an important place in Türkiye’s intellectual and cultural life for 30 years. For the past three…

4 weeks ago

343 too many: Narin’s death exposes Türkiye’s child safety crisis

Türkiye mourns 8-year-old Narin Güran, whose lifeless body was found in the southeastern city of Diyarbakır 19 days after her…

2 months ago

Why Instagram was blocked and unblocked in Türkiye?

On the morning of August 2, millions of Turkish users found that Instagram had been blocked. By 9:30 PM on…

3 months ago

Intense debate over stray animal bill in Turkish Parliament

The Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) commission commenced discussions over a controversial bill aiming to amend the Animal Protection Law…

4 months ago

From 1910 to 2024: Is Türkiye on the brink of another dog masacre?

Have you seen the 2010 short animation of Serge Avedikian called “Chienne d’histoire”? It tells the story of 80,000 stray…

4 months ago

Wildfire devastates rural areas in Türkiye: 11 dead

A severe wildfire has erupted in the rural area between Diyarbakır's Çınar district and Mardin's Mazıdağı district, in Türkiye, claiming…

5 months ago

Türkiye’s new education model: Will religious education surpass science?

Will the sciene education surpass scientific education? The title actually reflects a misleading proposition. Both are needed; one is not…

5 months ago

New “Game-Changing” technologies: what will they trigger in our lives?

In our heated debates, when asked, "What is the most important game-changing development in the world today?" some highlight climate…

6 months ago

The silent battle of Darwin’s evolution theory in Türkiye

There is a noteworthy yet seldom-discussed issue in Türkiye these days. Turkish Ministry of National Education had the removed Charles…

9 months ago

Turkish academy in crisis: Erosion in the higher education

There used to be universities in Türkiye. I say 'used to' because universities in Türkiye have now become institutions that…

11 months ago