Mass Protests, Strikes in Turkey Over Erdogan’s Neoliberal Response to Miner Deaths

Juan Cole / Truthdig May 17, 2014 Turkey’s Public Workers Union Confederation announced a one-day strike to demand better worker safety, and political protests have broken out Friday in a number of Turkish cities over deaths of nearly 300 miners. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Tens of Thousands in Turkey Protest Tyranny of the Majority

Juan Cole / Truthdig Mar 13, 2014 Tens of thousands of Turks demonstrated in Istanbul and other cities on Wednesday coming off the funeral of 15-year-old Berkin Elvan. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Turkish Government Accused of Defying ‘International Human Rights’ in Its Fight Against Protesters

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Jan 22, 2014 Medics and human rights groups are calling out the Turkish government for intimidation against street protesters as new legislation criminalizes the use of urgent assistance. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Drone Bites the Dust

Staff / Truthdig Jun 28, 2013 Police shoot down an activist's tiny flying video camera capturing footage of the uprising in Turkey; new documents reveal the role of rating agencies such as Moody's and Standard & Poor's in the 2008 meltdown; and you know things are bad in the U.S. when rather than pay for new car tires, people are renting them instead. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Erdogan Drunk

Tom Janssen, Cagle Cartoons, The Netherlands Jun 18, 2013 Dig deeper

Turkey Under Watch

Paresh Nath, Cagle Cartoons, The Khaleej Times, UAE Jun 16, 2013 Dig deeper

Erdogan

Martin Sutovec, Cagle Cartoons, Slovakia Jun 14, 2013 Dig deeper

Turkey Riots

Bob Englehart, Cagle Cartoons, The Hartford Courant Jun 14, 2013 Dig deeper

Protests in Turkey

Patrick Chappatte, Cagle Cartoons, The International Herald Tribune Jun 12, 2013 Dig deeper

Heckling the First Lady

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2013 Michelle Obama's confrontation with a lesbian activist signals the beginning of a push to turn up the heat on the president by the LGBT community; Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's calling protesters "looters" exemplifies why his country is seeing so much unrest; meanwhile, as Occupy Wall Street participants exerted their First Amendment rights, their cellphones were being logged. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Recep Tayyip Erdogan Without Label

Daryl Cagle, CagleCartoons.com Jun 10, 2013 Dig deeper

Turkey’s Erdogan

Kap, Cagle Cartoons, Spain Jun 9, 2013 Dig deeper