Turkey

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak analyzes the sometimes ambivalent feelings about the Charlie Hebdo murders on Turkish social media.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak analyzes the return of Ottoman Turkish to Turkish schools, as well as the campaign by the Turkish President, Reccip Tayyip Erdoğan, against his political rivals in the media.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak analyzes the reaction in Turkish social media to current regional developments, including the fight between Kurdish forces and the Islamic State in Kobani.

Michael Barak examines how the expulsion of the Muslim Brotherhood's leadership from Qatar was discussed on social media within the region.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak discusses the response in Turkish social media to the election of Reccip Tayyip Erdoğan to the Turkish presidency.

Duygu Atlas discusses the Alevis, Turkey's largest religious minority, and their tense relations with the state.