Erdogan’s appointment of a rector by decree at Istanbul’s Boğaziçi University has sparked resistance from students. The regime cracked down on the students with detentions and arrests. There were solidarity actions with the protests, which have been fueled by the general discontent towards the regime. The student protests continue in various forms. In Turkey, universities […]
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No to nationalism, no to war, no to Natural Gas drillings! The discovery of hydrocarbon deposits in the Eastern Mediterranean seabed adds another factor to the competition between the ruling classes of Greece, Turkey and Cyprus. Today’s crisis, which has been going on for months, is the worst since the 1974 war, both in terms […]
Continue ReadingNo to military rule, no to Erdogan’s rule! For a workers’ alternative! Sosyalist Alternatif (CWI in Turkey) On the night of 15th July, a section of middle-ranking generals, ex-generals and colonels of the Turkish army tried to seize power by military means and overthrow the AKP government and President Erdogan. At the time of the attempted […]
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