Society & Human Rights
A Victory for Women’s Rights? Tunisia’s Inheritance Laws and the ‘Human Rights’ Discourse
Diversity and difference, both within and between societies, continually give rise to a series of important and potentially divisive questions, as societies embodying different...
Can Women Lead Without Attaining Their Full Rights?
Women continue to face many hurdles to reach positions of leadership – hurdles that their male counterparts don't. There is now female leadership without...
Syrian Refugees in Turkey and the Changing Concept of Turkish Citizenship
Granting citizenship to Syrians in Turkey is a topic of discussion today more than ever before. So far, more than 50,000 Syrians have acquired...
Warmongers and Peacebuilders: How Female Leaders Defy Gender Norms
Women have not caused anywhere near as much destruction and chaos as men in power have. Many women have, though, often defied the stereotypes...
Media Coverage, Perception and Evidence: The Economic Impact of Syrian Refugees in Turkey
Strategic Argument and Areas of Debate
The deepening divergence between the Turkish media’s negative framing of refugees and the complex empirical realities of the informal...
NSU Trial: What’s Next in Germany’s Fight Against Racism?
The National Socialist Underground (NSU) terrorist group, established by a group of extreme rightists, killed 10 people between 2000 and 2007. The trial process...
Sarwar Bari on the Pakistan Elections
What do you think needs to be done with regards to gender imbalance when it comes to voter registration in Pakistan? We speak to...
Austria’s EU Presidency: Threat or opportunity?
Austria’s strong extreme-right ideology of the past will apparently not chime in with EU values and might make things even more difficult for immigrants...
African Migrants in Israel: Neither Safe nor Sound
In January 2018, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared the implementation of a policy to deport tens of thousands of African migrants who entered...
Weekly Newsletter
Türkiye in Focus
14-18 September 2026 Edition Edition
This week we cover:
- Intelligence Officer’s Death Returns to the Spotlight
- Türkiye’s Steady Rise in PISA Results
- A Turbulent Day for Borsa İstanbul