Turkish elections – despite winning Erdogan suffers humiliating defeat
Just two weeks before the general election in Turkey on 7 June the New York Times ran an editorial 'Dark clouds over Turkey'. It reported rising tensions in the country and that opposition supporters were fearful of a new crackdown to ensure that the ruling Justice...
Vanunu – fine is paid and a wedding celebrated
An update on my blog of 5 April ‘Help Mordechai pay this outrageous fine’ from Vanunu supporters in the UK in a recent circular reads as follows: ‘Following the appeal we sent out in March we can report the very good news that Mordechai has now been able to pay the...
BirGün trial adjourned
In January I visited Baris Ince managing editor of the daily BirGün at his newspaper office in Istanbul on behalf of the European Federation of Journalists. He was facing charges of insulting President Erdoğan which if proved could result in a heavy prison sentence....