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Antakya, Turkey, was leveled by earthquakes in February. But residents want reconstruction to prioritize not just buildings but the city’s culture of unity too.

Antakya, Turkey, was leveled by earthquakes in February. But residents want reconstruction to prioritize not just buildings but the city’s culture of unity too.

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu gave up his parliamentary seat to run for president as the CHP's leader but now he has neither position, while criticism mounts...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan extended his two decades in power in elections on Sunday (28 May), winning a mandate to pursue increasingly authoritarian policies which have polarised Turkey and strengthened its position as a regional military power.

Expectations that a weak response to earthquakes would cost the Turkish government votes proved false. Political preferences have become identities.

Turkey will hold presidential and parliamentary elections in mid-2023, amidst a deepening economic crisis, growing anger toward millions of refugees unable to return to wartorn Syria, and an increasing alienation of Turkish youth from the governing regime. 

The Grand Prix of the Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) was won by "Dear Thomas", a film by German director Andreas Kleinert, which tells the story of Thomas Brasch, a writer and filmmaker, who was persecuted in East Germany.

2:00: Is polarization the next political pandemic after populism? Is there a relationship between the two? 7:15: Is affective polarization defined by political parties? Is this distinctive in 2021 or have we seen it for some time? 11:50 Is affective polarization greater with respect to political party than it is to religion or economic class? 13:52: To what extent is affective polarization in Turkey led by President Erdoğan? 17:50: What does “purity” mean in Turkish politics? 18:50: Is it ...