Ece Temelkuran: A diary of Turkey’s interesting times

November 25, 2016

By Ece Temelkuran

Straddling the division between Europe and Asia, since 1923 the idealised dream of Turkey has been a secular, modern and democratic country. Although weakened by military coups, the imperfect multi-party democracy survived until recently when president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared his ambitions for a presidential regime.

While he is already the only political power dominating the entire political scene, July’s coup attempt allowed him to start a massive witch hunt to suppress his political opponents.  Half of the country resists him while the other half offers unquestionable support. The nation is split.

Read more

Mapping Media Freedom
Be part of the reporting network
and report threats against media freedom here.

Categories