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12 February 2018
What Were Global Voices’ Readers up to Last Week?
During the week of February 5-11, 2018, Global Voices' stories and translations attracted readers from 195 countries!
26 October 2017
After 113 Days Behind Bars, #Istanbul10 Human Rights Defenders Are Released Pending Trial
“I don’t have anything to regret. I just did my work as a human rights defender,” Idil Eser told the court.
10 October 2016
Turkish Village Preserves “Bird Language” in a Cell-Phone World
“Our purpose is to promote bird language to our country and to the world.”
22 July 2016
After Turkey's Coup Attempt, the Real Battles Begin
"AKP, which asks its supporters to take to the streets ‘until the problem is solved’, is opportunistically imprinting its own dictatorship project on society."
14 June 2016
A Joint Photo Exhibition Between Greece and Turkey Brings These Neighbors Closer Together
They believe that peace and friendship is the best way to overcome problems and that art, especially photography, is a medium that can bring people closer together.
31 May 2016
Turkey's President and the ‘Treason’ of Family Planning
He is done with abortion, now its birth control and population planning. Next in line: how many times a night we can have sex, God willing.
10 May 2016
What Next for Turkey After Erdogan Power Play?
Turkey's course is still unfathomable, but there are few doubts as to who is steering the ship.
24 January 2016
Three Foreign Lawyers Have Returned Home Safely, But What’s Life Like for Local Attorneys in Tajikistan?
What's the difference between a Tajik and a non-Tajik lawyer? In Tajikistan, detained foreign attorneys have a better chance of remaining unharmed and securing a quick release.
30 December 2015
Strangest Twitter Moment of 2015? Elijah Wood Wades into the Gollum-Erdogan Spat
"You shut up. I skip all the scenes you are in anyway. You can't walk properly. You can't even throw the ring properly... indecent."
14 November 2015
Activists in Turkey Try to Keep #SilvanUnderAttack in the Media After the Paris Attacks
'Our magnificent media, #ParisUnderAttack is unfortunately true, what about #SilvanUnderAttack?'
29 October 2015
A Tale of Two Presidents, an Audacious Kidnap Attempt and Misogyny in Turkish Football
"If we will die, we will die like a man, we will not live like a woman. Nobody has the power to make us live like a woman."
29 August 2015
Google's Optical Character Recognition Software Now Works with All South Asian Languages
Google's OCR software supports more than 248 world languages, including all the major South Asian languages, bringing together hope for the large-scale digitization of old texts.
27 August 2015
Is Turkey Turning Time Back Towards the Dreaded Nineties?
Turkey will host snap elections in November against a background of fear, anger and violence. Is this the way President Erdoğan wanted it?
20 February 2015
Can Istanbul Be Saved from Overdevelopment?
Build, build, build. Turkey's largest city is under a redevelopment siege threatening the buildings and communities that are part of its fabric.
23 January 2015
The Secret Language of Turkey's LGBT Community
In Turkey, the LGBT community and others keep have created a secret language, or argot, called Lubunca to keep out prying ears.
19 January 2015
Eight Years After His Death, Turkish-Armenian Hrant Dink Still Cannot Rest in Peace
Eight years ago today ethnic Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was murdered by a nationalist teenager in broad daylight. The rest of the story remains untold.
7 January 2015
Şanar Yurdatapan's Museum of Crimes of Thought Takes Aim at Growing Oppression in Turkey
Sanar Yurdatapan, renowned Turkish composer, song-writer and activist talks about his Museum of Thought Crimes online initiative, which aims to document violations committed by government against pro-democracy forces in Turkey.
14 December 2014
Gezi's Echo and the Battle for Public Spaces in Turkey
On December 13, Istanbul hosted Turkey's first Radical Democracy Urban Encounter. The forum is likely to become a focal point for people wanting to reclaim Turkey's politicised public spaces.
3 December 2014
Turkey's Growing Corruption Problem Is Getting Harder to Hide
Transparency International has released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index. Turkey's five point decline in the index is the biggest of any country this year.
25 November 2014
As Turkish Women Struggle for Freedom from Violence, Their President Tells Them: Give up on Equality
2014 has been another horrendous year for violence against women in Turkey. In this context, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's suggestion women should seek "equivalence" instead of equality has disappointed many.
