We Want Our Refugees and Exiles to Be Victims
"I am Now Obliged to Tell a Story, But Only the One Particular Story" I was supposed to be writing about a refugee in Istanbul. Then she disappeared. Most of them do disappear now and again. Then I had to disappear
The women and the ladies
‘When the men get sick they start to seek a cure for women.’ This sentence keeps spinning in my head, because the world is going through some interesting times. This is not only happening in ‘crazy’ countries like Turkey or
Stories for a near-future war: Swords and Gardens
A few weeks ago in front of Lincoln Center in New York, while Women in The World Summit was about to start, a woman who seemed to like she could move mountains called Tina Brown was telling me, “I very
FRAGMENTS FROM THE LIFE OF THE SPECTACULAR VICTIM
I was supposed to be writing about a refugee in Istanbul. Then she disappeared. Most of them do disappear now and then. Shortly thereafter, I had to disappear. Therefore, I am now the subject matter of this text, although I
Ece Temelkuran: What will become of Erdogan’s little clones when he’s gone?
It took me three tries to watch the video, which has since been removed from YouTube by the user. The first pass was simply because it was one of the most popular videos during the latest war of words Europe-Turkey
Erdoğan is relishing this war of words with the Netherlands
In appeasing rightwing voters at home, the Dutch are helping the Turkish leader consolidate his rule The diplomatic row that has flared up between the Dutch government and Turkey is a last-minute saviour for the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He
Learn from Turkey: Resistance can’t just end at “No”
As tens of thousands of women took to the streets around the world on 21 January, another woman, the Turkish MP Şafak Pavey was being treated in hospital for injuries sustained during a physical assault on the floor of the