Turkey

by Hakan Yilmaz

Hakan Yilmaz reports on the electoral defeat of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (AKP) in last month’s Turkish municipal elections and argues that the Left’s victory hints at a completely new balance of forces in which movements from below can be revived.

Posted July 7, 2023 Article

Erdoğan again, but for a slightly different reason

The state of the opposition in Turkey following a disappointing election

by Hakan Yilmaz

Hakan Yilmaz examines the recent election victory of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and notes that the opposition’s defeat was particularly devastating, given the closeness of the election and the possibility for change in Turkey after the recent devastating earthquakes there.

People stand witnessing the rubble of a building destroyed by the earthquake.

Posted February 15, 2023 Article

The earthquake in Türkiye and Syria

The fault lines of counterrevolution, authoritarianism, racism, and capitalism

by Shireen Akram-Boshar

On Monday, February 6, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake (followed by another earthquake of 7.5 magnitude) struck southern Türkiye and northwest Syria in the early hours of the morning. Tempest Collective member Shireen Akram-Boshar explains that this tragedy is fundamentally political, affected by the fault lines of counterrevolution, authoritarianism, racism, and capitalism.

A Turkish flag flies over a waste dump, on a red background

Posted January 6, 2023 Article

Neocolonial wastelands

by Daniel Johnson

Daniel Johnson reports on the current situation following a 2021 investigation by Greenpeace that revealed how European countries, led by the U.K., Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, have shipped millions of tons of waste to Turkey.