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	title		writer		publication/date		synopsis
	Welcome Victory				Evrensel 27 June, 2004		A light-hearted description of some of the arrangements made by the Ottoman authorities to welcome the visiting British battleship, HMS Victory.
	The village where smoking is banned				Hürriyet 19 August, 2004		A small Turkish village has imposed a total ban on smoking.
	Criminalising adultery		Günseli Önal Güneri Cıvaoğlu		Milliyet 7 September, 2004		In an overhaul of the Turkish Penal Code it is proposed to criminalise adultery. In the first of two extracts, one member of the sub-commission preparing the draft is reported to have his doubts on this particular matter. In the second extract, the columnist, Güneri Cıvaoğlu, assesses the impact that criminalising adultery will have on Turkey's EU membership negotiations.
	Al-Qaeda in Turkey		Fatih Altaylı		Hurriyet 13 September, 2004 Hürriyet 14 September, 2004		The trial of those accused of causing the November Istanbul bombing has started. In the first extract, interesting details are reported from the testimony of the accused in the trial. In the second extract, columnist Fatih Altaylı claims that the Istanbul Police may have been able to prevent the bombings if an application to tap phones had not been refused.
	Property sales to foreigners in Turkey and Northern Cyprus				Kıbrıs 15 September, 2004 Yeni Çağ 15 September, 2004		In the first extract, the Northern Cyprus mainstream daily Kıbrıs, 15 September 2004, assesses the impact on the construction sector of proposed legislation on property sales to foreigners. The second extract from the far-right Yeni Çağ, 15 September 2004, interviews the organiser of a petition opposing the sale of land to foreigners.
	Arcelor CEO on Turkish Steel		Sadi Özdemir		Hürriyet 10 October, 2004		In this interview with best-selling Hürriyet, Arcelor COE Guy Dolle is upbeat about the prospects for the Turkish iron and steel sector.
	Will the Cyprus question wither away?		Şahin Alpay		Zaman 21 October, 2004		An independent assessment of developments in Cyprus from a columnist in the highbrow Islamist daily Zaman
	Should Turkey recognise the Republic of Cyprus?		İlter Türkmen Şener Levent Ergun Olgun		Hürriyet 27 November, 2004 Afrika 27 November, 2004 Kıbrıs 26 November, 2004		The first two extracts, from the Turkish best-selling daily Hürriyet and the pro-unification Turkish Cypriot daily Afrika, discuss from different perspectives Turkey's difficulties as she faces a veto from South Cyprus if she fails to recognise the Republic of Cyprus. In the third extract from the Turkish Cypriot mainstream daily Kıbrıs, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Presidential Undersecretary Ergun Olgun presents a detailed historical analysis arguing that for Turkey to recognise the Republic of Cyprus would be in breach of international agreements to which Turkey is a signatory, and would hinder attempts to find a lasting solution in Cyprus.
	Is the AKP tiring?		Taha Akyol		Milliyet 18 February, 2005		Columnist Taha Akyol in the mainstraim daily Milliyet assesses the consequences for the ruling AKP and Turkey of the resignation of culture minister Erkan Mumcu.
	The TRNC after the elections		Gündüz Aktan		Radikal 22 February, 2005		Writing in the mainstream, highbrow daily Radikal, Gündüz Aktan assesses the situation in the TRNC following parliamentary elections and fears that the Turkish Cypriot side will be left in a weak position in bicommunal negotiations.
	The AKP will drag its feet on the EU		Ali Bulaç interviewed by Neşe Düzel		Radikal 18 March, 2005		Islamic journalist Ali Bulaç offers some very perceptive insights into the current political climate in Turkey in this interview with the secular journalist, Neşe Düzel.
	The Constitutional Court has placed restrictions on land sales to foreigners				YOL-iş magazine 15 August, 2005		This article from the Turkish Union of Road, Construction and Building Workers magazine provides a convenient summary of the current legal position for by foreigners wishing to buy property in Turkey.
	Privatisation and the Rize Connection		Miyase İlknur		Cumhuriyet 25 September, 2005		Against a background of increasing public disquiet about the way privatisation is being conducted in Turkey, Miyase İlknur investigates the role of financier Mehmet Kutman whose name is linked with all the recent large privatisation tenders.
	Will next year be worse?		Ertuğrul Özkök		Hürriyet 7 December 2005		Economics correspondent Ertuğrul Özkök sees no reason to be pessimistic about the Turkish economy in 2006.
	An interview with Mehmet Ali Talat		Dilek Çetereis		Kibris 11 January 2006		President of the self-styled Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Mehmet Ali Talat, discusses developments concerning the Cyprus problem and new property laws.
	Volatility in Turkish markets		Tevfik Güngör		Dünya 15 and 16 June 2006		Tevfik Güngör, writing in his column in the serious business daily Dünya, examines some of the causes behind recent volatility on the stock exchange and currency markets in Turkey.
	There will be no peace in Cyprus before 2008		Neşe Düzel		Radikal 19 June 2006		Neşe Düzel, in one of her periodic interviews for the high-brow daily Radikal, discusses with academic Ayhan Aktar the Greek Cypriot view of the Cyprus problem.
	Urfa women writer's novel on customary practice				Özgür Gündem 22 June 2006		This article in the Kurdish-separatist Turkish-language daily Özgür Gündem features the work of a women writer living in a conservative region of Turkey whose novels tell of the restrictions that local customary practice places on the lives of women.
	Will the economy force the AKP into early elections?		İsmet Berkan		Radikal 23 June 2006		İsmet Berkan assesses the possibility that current economic difficulties in Turkey mey precipitate early elections.
	If both sides claim to be free		Şener Levent		Afrika 22 April 2007		Şener Levent, writing in this pro-reunification Turkish-Cypriot daily newspaper, looks from a fresh perspective at the attitudes of people on both sides of the divide in Cyprus to the Turkish presence on the island.
	The AKP is the party of the Republic's alternative elite		Neşe Düzel		Radikal 23 April 2007		Neşe Düzel interviews sociologist Naci Bostancı about opposition to an Erdogan presidency and changes to the balance of power in Turkey.
	The president who is incapable of being president to all Cypriots		Şener Levent		Afrika 2 October 2007		Şener Levent's comments on the occasion of celebrations held in the south of the island to mark the 47th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Cyprus.
	The expectation in the economy is for a robust exit plan		Erdal Sağlam		Hürriyet 6 October 2007		Erdal Sağlam, writing in the mainstream daily Hürriyet, reports that sentiment is worsening among Turkish businessmen and bankers, who now expect the AKP government to produce a robust plan to address their concerns.
	We cannot understand Papadopoulos				Yeni Düzen 23 October 2007		An interview with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat in which he discusses his meeting with UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon in New York on 16 October, and his thoughts on the way forward for the Turkish Cypriot community.
	We are back where we started		Arif Hasan Tahsin		Afrika 1 November 2007		Arif Hasan Tahsin takes a wide view of the factors that have brought Cyprus to where it is today in this stark assessment of the island's perennial problem.
	A new hegemony is being created		Cem Erciyes		Radikal 19 February 2008		Cem Erciyes in this interview with Haluk Şahin, author of the book Liberals, Nationalists, Islamists and the Others, examines the support given by liberals to the Islamist AKP.
	Mümtaz Soysal on the new Republic of Cyprus President		Mümtaz Soysal Sami Özuslu		Cumhuriyet 26 February 2008 Yeni Düzen 27 February 2008		In the first article, published in the mainland Turkish daily Cumhuriyet on 26 February 2008, Professor Mümtaz Soysal, who is well known for his hardline stance on Cyprus, questions the validity of welcoming the election of Dimitris Christofias as President of the Republic of Cyprus. In the second article, published in the Turkish Cypriot daily Yeni Düzen, the house journal of the Republican Turkish Party, on 27 February 2008, columnist Sami Özuslu challenges Professor Soysal's position.
	All Eyes Are on the First Meeting		Ödül Aşık Ülker		Yeni Düzen 3 March 2008		In this interview, Turkish Cypriot Leader, Mehmet Ali Talat, assesses the propsects for a settlement to the Cyprus Problem in the wake of Dimitris Christofias' election as President of the Republic of Cyprus.
	Why the AKP should not be closed		Haluk Şahin		Radikal 20 June 2008		Haluk Şahin argues that, with reference to the pending closure lawsuit against the AKP, this party's closure would be a grave political error.
	Ergenekon's Recent History		İsmet Berkan		Radikal 4-11 April 2008		In this series of articles, political commentator İsmet Berkan charts the development of the organisation named "Ergenekon", which is alleged to have been planning a coup in Turkey.
	Arabs, Turks and social change		Haluk Şahin		Radikal 26 July 2008		Columnist Haluk Şahin, noting that Arabs are reputedly horrified by the evidence of social change that they witness in television serials from Turkey, argues that Turkish society is characterised by the way it brings two mutually contradictory value systems into close proximity.
	Sönmez Filament suspends production		Tevfik Güngör		Dunya 4 September 2008		Major Turkish producer of synthetic yarn and fibre, Sonmez Filament, has suspended production.
	Let's Rejoice: They are Making Up		Mesut Yeğen		Radikal 30 November 2008		An anlysis of the pact that Turkey's establishment appears to have concluded with the ruling Justice and Development Party.
	Neither One People, nor Two Peoples		Niyazi Kızılyürek		Yeni Düzen 8 December 2008		Niyazi Kızılyürek addresses an issue that lies at the heart of ongoing negotiations to settle the Cyprus problem.
	Talat is worried		Erdal Güven		Radikal 21 April 2009		Erdal Güven assesses Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat's position as negotiator in ongoing talks to find a settlement to the Cyprus problem following the nationalist UBP's sweeping victory in recent parliamentary elections.
	İlter Türkmen on Cyprus		An interview with Hasan Hastürer and Aral Moral		Havadis 7 July 2009		Octogenarian retired Turkish diplomat İlter Türkmen, who served as Turkey's Foreign Minister from 1980 to 1983, expresses some very frank views on the Cyprus problem.
	Yaşar Kemal on the Kurdish problem		An interview with Cem Erciyes		Radikal 25-27 July 2009		A seminal interview with the renowned author, Yaşar Kemal, on one of the most pressing issues facing the modern Turkish state.
	The 'Kurdish Initiative's external dimension		Fikret Bila		Milliyet 16 August 2009		Respected poltical commentator Fikret Bila discusses the connections between Turkey's 'Kurdish Initiative' and President Obama's Ankara visit.
	Why is the left capable of winning in Greece and not here?		Oral Çalışlar		Radikal 6 October 2009		Following PASOK's sweeping victory in the Greek general elections, Oral Çalışlar discusses the reasons why the left in Turkey does not appear to be a candidate for power.
	The era of ‘common currency’ trade with Iran				Dünya 28 October 2009		Speaking in Tehran, Turkish Prime-Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has urged that work be speeded up on introducing a common currency for Turkey, Iran and the Russian Federation.
	Eroğlu lost the election on the day he announced his candidacy		Aysu Basri Akter		Yeni Düzen 16 March 2010		Turkish Cypriot journalist Aysu Basri Akter assesses the significance of Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu's decision to stand for TRNC President against his own party chairman, Derviş Eroğlu.
	Freedom is an indispensible part of democracy		Hasan Hastürer		Havadis 21 April 2010		Hasan Hastürer shares his thoughts on Derviş Eroğlu's defeat of Mehmet Ali Talat in the elections for TRNC President.
	The amount of hot money rose by 9 billion dollars in March		Naki Bakır		Dünya 23 April 2010		The amount of foreign hot money in Turkey has risen to close to pre-crisis levels.
	The CHP annulment application is ready		Fikret Bila		Milliyet 28 April 2010		Political analyst Fikret Bila argues that the constitutional amendment package appears certain to be challenged in the Constitutional Court.
	Fiyapı has bought Garip Island				Dünya 28 April 2010		Turkish construction company Fiyapı buys Garip Island for 35 million dollars.
	Is there life after Baykal?		İsmet Berkan		Radikal 11 May 2010		İsmet Berkan describes the political scenario as he sees it following the resignation of CHP Chairman Deniz Baykal.
	Is Turkey to blame for Iran’s atom bomb?		Fikret Bila		Milliyet 12 June 2010		In his regular column in Milliyet, Fikret Bila cautions aginst placing too much blame on Turkey alone if Iran succeeds in developing nuclear weapons.
	If you don't want to sweat, stay out of the Middle East		Mete Çubukçu		Radikal Iki 20 June 2010		NTV news director Mete Çubukçu calls for a paradigm shift in the way that Turkey engages with the Middle East.
	Paying the price for the CHP's error		Murat Yetkin		Radikal 16 September 2010		Political commentator Murat Yetkin suggests that a grave past error by the Republican People's Party has come back to haunt its new leader.
	Defence Industry Leaps Forward		Orhan Bursalı		Cumhuriyet 9 November 2010		Turkish Minister of National Defence Vecdi Gönül and Defence Industry Undersecretary Murad Bayar comment on the current standing of the domestic defence industry.
	Zero Tolerance for Journalists		Ertuğrul Mavioğlu		Radikal İki 6 March 2011		As ever more journalists are arrested as part of the Ergenekon investigation, Ertuğrul Mavioğlu deplores the arrest of Ahmet Şık, a journalist who has devoted his career to fighting clandestine state-sanctioned activities.
	The Survival Rallies and the Parade of Cynics		Niyazi Kızılyürek		Yeni Düzen 13 March 2011		Niyazi Kızılyürek assesses various attitudes that he denounces as being cynical in response to the two large protest rallies held by Turkish Cypriots on 28 January and 2 March.
	The Cyprus and Kurdish Problems		Sinan Dirlik		Yeni Düzen 27 August 2011		Sinan Dirlik draws attention to parallels between the Cyprus and Kurdish problems, particularly with regard to Greek Cypriot attitudes towards the former and Turkish Turks' attitudes towards the latter, and argues that both problems must be solved in tandem.
	The KCK detentions have turned from bad to rotten		Oral Çalışlar		Radikal 29 October 2011		Oral Çalışlar, reacting to Professor Dr. Büşra Ersanlı's inclusion among the latest group of detainees in the KCK trial, sharply criticises the thinking behind this whole operation.
	The Upper Echelons of the State in Dersim		Abdullah Kılıç – Ayça Örer		Radikal 20-24 November 2011		In this iconoclastic article, the authors attempt to get at the truth behind the Dersim events of the 1930s
	Zeynep, Çağdaş and the others		Yıldırım Türker		Radikal 25 December 2011		On 23 December, 36 journalists were remanded in custody on the allegation of membership of the KCK terrorist organisation. In this article, columnist Yıldırım Türker describes his reactions as he looks at the pictures of two young journalists included among those detained.
	It will be a very hot June		Fikri Sağlar		Bir Gün 10 June 2012		Fikri Sağlar foresees a hot summer ahead in Turkish politics, and predicts that the clash between the AKP government and the Fethullah Gülen Organisation will come to a head, with significant consequences.
	Is there room for Greek in our baggage?		Foti Benlisoy		Radikal 13 October 2012		Foti Benlisoy, in this review of the Greek language novel Anavoles kai Katiforoi (Postponements and Descents) published in Istanbul by İstos Publishing House, charts the way that the Greek language was removed from public life in Istanbul.
	TAKSIM SOLIDARITY'S STATEMENT		Taksim Solidarity		5 June 2013		The announcement made by Taksim Solidarity following their meeting with acting prime-minister Bülent Arınç on 5 June 2013.
	We are encountering an uprising		Ruken Adalı interviews Foti Benlisoy		Alternatif Siyaset 5 June 2013		Marxist academic Foti Benlisoy on the Gezi Park protests.
	One country-two communities or even 'nations'		Tayfun Atay		Radikal 13 June 2013		Tayfun Atay asks whether Turkey is moving in the direction of a split into the two communities of which Serif Mardin spoke twenty odd years ago, one Islamic and one Secular.
	Social Reaction and Violence		Hikmet Çetinkaya		Cumhuriyet 22 June 2013		Hikmet Çetinkaya, writing in his regular column in Cumhuriyet, discusses the consequences of the Gezi Park protests.
	Historians assess the Gezi Park protests				NTV Tarih July 2013		These interviews with a number of historians on the Gezi Park protests was to appear on pages 42-47 of the July 2013 issue of NTV Tarih magazine, a special issue devoted to the Gezi Park protests, but the magazine’s publishers, Doğuş Media Group, decided not only to cancel this issue, but to close the magazine entirely.
	Crisis Mongering with Syria		Mustafa Balbay		Cumhuriyet 26 March 2014		Mustafa Balbay, writing in his regular column in Cumhuriyet, argues that the AKP regime is exploiting the recent shooting down of a Syrian plane for electoral purposes.
	Islamic State		Suat Kınıklıoğlu		Radikal 19 August 2014		Suat Kınıklıoğlu argues that even if IS is defeated militarily in Iraq, an intelligent anti-terror strategy must also address the problem’s philosophical basis.
	The AKP and DAESH		Deniz Yıldırım		Bir Gün 5-19 October 2014		The AKP and DAESH - a view from the left.
	From alliance to enmity: AKP - Gulenists		Ahmet Şık		Cumhuriyet 17-18 December 2014		Ahmet Şık traces the developments that lead the AKP and the Gulenists to part ways.
	An early election will not go unforgiven		Selin Ongun		Cumhuriyet 9 June 2015		An interview with renowned psephologist Bekir Ağırdır, CEO of KONDA Research, into the Turkish general election on 7 June 2015.
	The Confessions of a Jihadist		Doğu Eroğlu		Birgün 8 + 9 July 2015		An interview with a Turkish citizen who fought with ISIL.
	Turkey is under a ruling party system		Selin Ongun		Cumhuriyet 10 November 2015		In an interview with Selin Ongun following the 1 November repeat election, Prof. Ersin Kalaycıoğlu expresses the view that, in the absence of a strong middle class in Turkey, the country is likely to drift in the direction of authoritarianism.
	Even if the USA believed that the YPG was behind the explosion, it will not change its PYD policy		Selin Ongun		Cumhuriyet 22 February 2016		In this interview with Selin Ongun, Associate Professor Dr. Ahmet Kasım Han makes a very critical analysis of the current Turkish government’s Syria policy.
	May God reform them		Selin Ongun		Cumhuriyet 7 March 2016		In this interview with Selin Ongun, Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun is critical of President Erdoğan’s avowed refusal to accept the Constitutional Court’s ruling with reference to Can Dündar and Erdem Gül.
	An interview with Sırrı Süreyya Önder		Kemal Göktaş		Cumhuriyet 10 October 2016		In this interview with Kemal Göktaş, the HDP’s Sırrı Süreyya Önder discusses the state of play in Turkish politics following the failed coup attempt and the breakdown of the Kurdish peace process.
	An interview with Assistant Professor Kerem Altıparmak		Kemal Göktaş		Cumhuriyet 23 October 2016		In this interview with Kemal Göktaş, Assistant Professor Kerem Altıparmak discusses the rule of law situation in Turkey in the aftermath of the attempted coup.
	God punishes in mysterious ways		Can Dündar		Cumhuriyet 3 November 2016		Can Dündar assesses leaked details of the case against the management of Cumhuriyet newspaper following their arrest in a raid on Monday 31 October.
	First reaction of CHP parliamentarians to the judgment in the Cumhuriyet trial: This decision was taken elsewhere				Cumhuriyet 29 July 2017		Members of parliament from the main opposition CHP party express their reactions to the 28.7.2017 interim judgment in the Cumhuriyet newspaper trial.
	Başak Demirtaş: This is a good trek		Mine Söğüt		Cumhuriyet 27 May 2018		Mine Söğüt describes her experiences while accompanying Başak Demirtaş on the arduous journey she makes every week to visit her husband, former HDP co-chair and the party's presidential candidate, Selahattin, in Edirne Prison 1700 kilometres away.
	Cumhuriyet did not publish Sabuncu’s farewell article				Artı Gerçek 8 September 2018		An article containing Murat Sabuncu's farewell text on departing from Cumhuriyet newspaper following the regime-sponsored takeover of the staunch opposition title by a rival group.
	The AKP’s victory from within: “Cumhuriyet”		Yalçın Doğan		T24 8 September 2018		A brief account of the process that led to Turkey's opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper being taken over by a group believed to be sympathetic to the regime.
	The deep alliance’s Cumhuriyet operation		Oya Baydar		T24 11 September 2018		Oya Baydar delves into the operation against Cumhuriyet newspaper that led to a new management being installed and suggests that it was not merely staged by the ruling AKP.
	A tedious Kemalism will dominate the “New Cumhuriyet”		Tunca Öğreten		Taz 11 September 2018		An interview by Tunca Öğreten with celebrated former columnist at Cumhuriyet newspaper, Aydın Engin, following the latter's abrupt departure from the paper along with many colleagues.
	Stubbornness engenders crisis		Hüseyin Şimşek		BirGün 22 November 2018		Hüseyin Şimşek obtains the opinions of jurist Prof. Dr. Yaman Akdeniz and opposition politician Burak Erbay as to the consequences of the non-recognition by Turkey of the European Court of Human Rights’ ruling ordering Selahattin Demirtaş’s release.
	Three peace academics handed down fifteen-month deferred sentences				Evrensel 23 November 2018		The prosecutions continue of academics who signed the peace declaration.
	Turkey violating international law for one week		Çağrı Sarı		Evrensel 28 November 2018		Jurist Dr. Kerem Altiparmak assesses Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu’s arguments as to why the European Court of Human Rights’ ruling ordering Selahattin Demirtaş’s release need not be implemented.
	Kobane-based plot against the HDP		Selahattin Demirtaş		Gazete Duvar 19 October 2020		Jailed former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş defends his former party against the latest operation being staged against it.
	Suddenly one night!		Yusuf Karataş		Evrensel 10 February 2023		Opposition journalist Yusuf Karataş criticises the government response to the earthquake.

For a period, I translated articles on a voluntary basis for Evrensel, one of Turkey’s last remaining opposition print daily newspapers. Here are some samples of these:

Erdoğan declares, “All are not equal before the law” with his “water, flowers and thornbush” metaphor!
Prof. Dr. İbrahim Kaboğlu: They want to add legitimacy to the illegitimate constitutional order
Why is Europe banning ultra-nationalist associations?
Ayhan Bilgen: The opposition must quite manifestly debate the programme that will give direction to the future
Former European Court of Human Rights judge Rıza Türmen: Judges being pressurized in Turkey
The Van criteria in journalism
Minister Selçuk says, “We’re opening the schools but don’t send your kids”
“Strategic” censorship drive
Three-way imperialist share-grabbing contest in the Middle East
Prof. Dr. Mesut Yeğen: A solution-focused approach is important for the support of Kurds
Dr Fatih Yaşlı: The people will pay the price for the AKP’s Libya tactic
Şebnem Korur Fincancı assessed Turkey’s human rights’ report card
The crisis of a political narrative
Appeal from 33 bar association chairs: It is a responsibility to keep Ebru and Aytaç alive