Post-Soviet Azerbaijan is a country built of facades; facades of modernity and wealth and progress and “democracy”. Facades that hide an underlying ugliness.
Padraig Reidy: The ugliness under Azerbaijan’s alternate reality
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CATEGORY: Turkey
Meltem Arikan: Aren’t women’s voices equivalent to muteness in Turkey?
In a new poem written for Index on Censorship, Turkish playwright and author Meltem Arikan explores the status of women in Turkey.
Why we’re boycotting the Internet Governance Forum
Yaman Akdeniz and Kerem Altiparmak, two renowned Turkish internet rights advocates, are boycotting the internet governance conference which this year takes place in Istanbul
Turkey: Even mild criticism is not tolerated, says journalist labelled “shameless” by Erdogan
Index speaks to Amberin Zaman, the critical Turkish journalist who was recently told to “know [her] place” in a public tirade by president-elect Erdogan
Turkey: Presidential election shines spotlight on free speech challenges
Concerns about media and internet freedom as Erdogan looks set to make the switch from prime minister to president
Assaults against journalists rise in Turkey
Since the beginning of this year, cases of assault against journalists, legal threats and lay offs worsened Turkey’s already precarious state of press freedom. Catherine Stupp reports
Index Awards 2014: Catching up with arts nominee Meltem Arikan
The Turkish playwright and author has finished the script of a new play, “Sheep Republic”, about oppression and how easily it is accepted
Recap report: Beating retreat- Digital freedom in Turkey, Russia and Azerbaijan
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International exhibition censored by Turkish Embassy in Madrid
Last year, censorship occurred in connection with Here Together Now, an exhibition held at Matadero Madrid, Spain. Pelin Basaran and Banu Karaca report on the Turkish embassy’s involvement
Turkey: Losing the freedom to mourn
Meltem Arikan shares her anger over the mine disaster that rocked Turkey — and the arrests that followed.
Press freedom in Turkey is challenged by opaque court rulings
Last Thursday, after nearly eight years of detention three journalists were among a group released from a prison near Istanbul. Catherine Stupp reports
Bad history and bad politics
Padraig Reidy on why we must combat taboos about discussing events of the past
