Turkey has descended into authoritarianism, gradually and then all at once

Turkey is in turmoil, the country is becoming more and more a dictatorship. The thriller "Shadow of the Night" provides hope for the country.

Erdogan uses intelligence-linked jihadist groups to threaten secular opposition - Nordic Monitor

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For anyone who has followed politics in Turkey closely, the latest developments are no surprise. But by arresting his political rival, Erdogan may well make him even more popular, writes author and Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk.

The Turkish writer who won the Nobel Prize: “The last semblance of freedom is at the end of the line. Unacceptable and unbearable.”

By having his main political opponent arrested, thus preventing him from running for the next presidential election, scheduled for 2028, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is on the path of global democrats such as Venezuela, Iran and Russia.

In Turkey, a controversial law on cybersecurity is widely seen as yet another censorship tool

Turkish experts, civil society groups, and international observers saw the law as a potential tool to restrict independent reporting and stifle dissentOriginally published on Global VoicesImage by Arzu Geybullayeva for Global Voices, created using Canva Pro. Turkey's new cybersecurity law, enacted on March 13, 2025, has sparked heated debate about its impact on digital rights, freedom of speech, media freedom, and access to information from the …