On July 24, 2013, a “Letter to the Prime Minister of Turkey” was published as an ad in the British…
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Gezi Park
The anatomy of a public square movement
June 12, 2013
Sociologist (and longtime TIF contributor) Nilüfer Göle assesses the emerging opposition movement in Turkey at Today's Zaman.
Occupy Gezi, beyond the religious-secular cleavage
June 10, 2013
The protests in Turkey started on May 27 with a modest resistance movement against the destruction of Istanbul’s Gezi Park…
An excursion through the partitions of Taksim Square
June 10, 2013
Taksim Meydanı. Partition Square. Although it has taken on potent new resonances in recent days, the name of Istanbul’s throbbing central…