The government’s primary focus was not on relieving suffering but on punishing dissent.
February 21, 2023
The government’s primary focus was not on relieving suffering but on punishing dissent.
Constructing Fate
July 26, 2016

A Parallel State
Over the past ten years, the prospect of a coup has been the government’s pretext for suppressing every conceivable opposition.
People I had never seen at a demonstration in Turkey—women in the full face veil, bearded men with hats embroidered with Qur’anic inscriptions and small children in tow—flowed down the broad avenue carrying Turkish flags, a symbol not previously associated with their ultraconservative lifestyle.