True lies and the Turkish local elections
“The wiretap tapes were vile fabrications. I can ban Twitter. The Gezi Park protesters are all just vandals and marauders.” The statements above, which PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made, are lies, of course. But when do lies stop mattering? It seems that PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has blurred the lines between lying and truth telling. […]
The Turkish Lira debacle: Are your Ataturks going to be worthless?
There are sexier topics to cover — such as the recent restrictions of internet usage passed by the Turkish Parliament and the resultant protests — but I will focus this post on a topic that hits close to home for most of us living in and connected to Turkey: our dearly beloved lira and exchange […]
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