continuing: Syria issue – Turkey’s 9/11: Reyhanlı (May 14, 2013) – The Imperialist Intervention in Syria to Launch Officially: Turkey Authorizes Military Action in Syria (October 4, 2012) – Very close to Syria… – Ragıp Duran (August 1, 2012) – Samandağ reflections: Zero neighbors, zero ministers, lots of problems – Ragıp Duran (July 29, 2012) – Turkey: …
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Jul 29
Syria issue. Samandağ reflections: Zero neighbors, zero ministers, lots of problems – Ragıp Duran
This article is translated from the Turkish original “Samandağ izlenimleri: Sıfır komşu, sıfır bakan, çok sorun” by Ragıp Duran, published in Birdirbir.orgon 18 July 2012. We mean this translation to be a continuation of an article series about Syria, the first of which can be found here. We went to Samandağ1for the “Evvel …
Jul 25
Turkey: From Iraq to Syria – Bülent Kale
This article is translated from the Turkish original “Türkiye: Irak’tan Suriye’ye” by Bülent Kale, published in Bianet‘s Turkish website on 5 July 2012. Nine years ago in 2003, when Turkey applied to NATO in accordance with Article 4 before the Iraq Occupation; NATO sent five Patriot air defense systems and three AWACS aircrafts …
Apr 07
Health Care Reforms in Turkey – 5: “The Final Declaration of the Grand Right-to-Health Assembly of Turkey”
As part of our responsibility of providing English information on Turkey with a political perspective that is compatible with our stance, we started a series of translations of news items and articles on the transformations in the health care system in Turkey. You can reach the previous items by following the Health Care Reforms …
Apr 03
Health Care Reforms in Turkey – 4: “The Proceedings in the Health Sector and The Emerging Risks” – Ayşe Buğra, Volkan Yılmaz (Part 2)
As part of our responsibility of providing English information on Turkey with a political perspective that is compatible with our stance, we started a series of translations of news items and articles on the transformations in the health care system in Turkey. This is the second and last part of the political analysis (“Sağlık’ta Alınan …
Mar 30
Health Care Reforms in Turkey – 3: “The Proceedings in the Health Sector and The Emerging Risks” – Ayşe Buğra, Volkan Yılmaz (Part 1)
As part of our responsibility of providing English information on Turkey with a political perspective that is compatible with our stance, we start a series of translations of news items and articles on the transformations in the health care system in Turkey. After the first two news items that introduced the current political situation, we continue …
Mar 24
Health Care Reforms in Turkey – 2: “İstanbul Right-to-Health Assembly founded against AKP’s attacks on health services”
As part of our responsibility of providing English information on Turkey with a political perspective that is compatible with our stance, we start a series of translations of news items and articles on the transformations in the health care system in Turkey. The first item in this series discussed the overlooked effects of the reforms. …
Mar 17
An Introduction to Why Atheists Should Take Communists Seriously
Introduction With this essay, we intend to extend the discussion initiated in a previous essay titled “An Introduction to Why Communists Should Take Atheists Seriously”. In that piece, we pointed out the convergent characteristics of atheists and communists (historical approach, revolutionary approach, militancy) and emphasized that freedom from religion aimed at by atheists can …
Mar 09
Health Care Reforms in Turkey – 1: “Before AKP, After AKP: The Health Services”
As part of our responsibility of providing English information on Turkey with a political perspective that is compatible with our stance, we start a series of translations of news items and articles on the transformations in the health care system in Turkey. In this first news item (“Sağlıkta AKP’den öncesi ve sonrası”), published in the …
Jul 23
Feodalism is not anti-capitalism.
This short text is a commentary on the discussions on the pseudo-convergence between the islamist movement and the left. It was originally written in Turkish, elaborating on a very specific occasion that triggered the discussions in Turkey. Therefore, the text is Turkish in nature. Yet, we believed that this discussion is worth translating for the …
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