The Best of 2010: An Interview with When We Leave Writer, Director, and Producer Feo Aladag

by Jessica Mosby -USA- Rarely does a film come along that floors you in its perfection and then continues to resonate for months after that first viewing. I saw the German film When We Leave at the 2010 Tribeca Film...

Posted by Jessica Mosby on January 25, 2011 12:01 AM

TEKEL Workers Stage Turkey’s Largest Protest in 30 Years

by Emel Baştürk Akca - Turkey - Once one of Turkey’s biggest public producers of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products, TEKEL has outlets and factories all over the country. But ever since the Turkish giant opted for privatization and terminated...

Posted by Emel Baştürk Akca on March 4, 2010 12:00 AM

The “democratic evolution” of the Kurdish Question:
Turkish and Kurdish Mothers Campaign for Peace

by Dr. Emel Baştürk Akca - Turkey - “We mothers, whose hearts are burning, have come together so that there will be no more pain. We do not want our children to die.” These words belong to Nurten Ekinci, a...

Posted by Emel Baştürk Akca on November 16, 2009 12:00 AM

Lonely in an Electronic Wilderness: “the great emotional sickness of our era”

by Handan T. Satiroglu - USA/Turkey - “Technology allows us to separate ourselves from reality – moving people away from the real to the imagined, from the emotional to the controlled,” observes Derek V. Smith in an email interview. The...

Posted by Handan T. Satiroglu on April 6, 2009 12:00 AM

Turkey - Access Blocked:
A Disturbing Trend in Freedom of Speech

by Handan T. Satiroglu - Turkey - Surfing YouTube.com, a favorite global pastime, is anything but a predictable experience within the confines of the Turkish Republic. Before browsing, one has to wonder, “Is it blocked?” “Unblocked?” or “Is the entire...

Posted by Handan T. Satiroglu on October 16, 2008 6:00 AM