In May 2023, incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan won his re-election campaign with 52% of the popular vote, securing another five-year term in Türkiye. Yet, his victory was marred with controversy. Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Erdogan’s secular opponent in the presidential race, deemed … Continue reading
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Human Rights Abuses Along Turkish Border Wall
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) reports at least 3.6 million registered Syrians in Turkey, effectively making it the country hosting the most refugees globally. Turkey has held this title since the onset of the Syrian refugee crisis … Continue reading
Corruption and Bad Governance: How the Türkiye Earthquakes Could Have Been Prevented
On February 6, 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes struck southern Türkiye and northern Syria, destroying all in their path and taking more than 45,000 lives in Türkiye alone. In Türkiye, more than 160,000 buildings collapsed or were severely damaged. Earthquakes … Continue reading
A Dangerous New Silence: The Implications of Turkey Withdrawing From the Istanbul Convention
The ratification of one treaty may not have a significant impact on the overall status of women in society, but withdrawal from that same treaty, especially one as central as the Istanbul Convention, is a clear sign of deteriorating women’s rights
En Route to Equality: Transgender Rights In Turkey
To this day, Turkey is still not a country where all rights of transgender individuals are protected and all prejudices are eliminated.
Interview with Dilse Kaygisiz
Our team sat down with Dilse Kaygisiz, author of “Refugee Economies, Child Labour, and the State: Turkey’s Case” in the Spring 2019 edition of Chrysalis. In her article, she explores refugee economies and child labour in Turkey.