Istanbul Calling

Journalist Andrew Finkel, who was fired a few weeks ago by Today's Zaman because of a critical column he wrote, has a powerful opinion p...

The recent firing by the Today's Zaman newspaper of one of its top columnists, Andrew Finkel, for doing his job -- which is to write sm...

The Wall Street Journal's Istanbul correspondent, Marc Champion, has a terrific piece in today's paper about an ongoing court case t...

Ilter Turan, a respected professor of International Relations at Istanbul's Bilgi University, has written a briefing for the German Mars...

I have a story up on the Eurasianet website about the release from prison of Mehmet Ali Agca, Pope John Paul II's failed assassin, and t...

Gareth Jenkins, a veteran Turkey analyst and an expert on the country's military and security affairs, has a new report out that takes a...

As the historic trial and investigation of an alleged coup plot – known as “Ergenekon” – continues to grow in Turkey, the whole process i...

This past Sunday was a fairly historic day for Turkey. Despite centuries of being known as a land of smokers, Turkey is now officially smoke...

To follow up on yesterday's post, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have announced that a document that outlines an alleged military plan t...

I have a briefing up on the World Politics Review website about the latest political crisis to grip Turkey, this one surrounding a document ...

The Middle East Institute, a Washington-based think tank, has a lengthy new report out about Ergenekon, the sensational coup plot case that ...

Over at the Kamil Pasha blog, Jenny White points out that Bianet has just published an English translation of a recent interview in the Tar...

News about Ergenekon , the name given to an alleged plot by secularist ultranationalists to topple the Turkish government, has been keeping ...