The Cumhuriyet Case – Press Freedom in Danger

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By Sophie Mainz Uğur Mumcu, Bahriye Üçok, Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Muammer Aksoy, Ümit Kaftancıoğlu, and Cavit Orhan Tütengil. These were the names of contributors to Turkey’s oldest newspaper, Cumhuriyet. Cumhuriyet, a name that stands both literally and content-wise for the republic, and for the strongest oppositional voice in the country. All of the contributors were…

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The body: a political weapon made by nature

By Sophie Mainz “Don’t give it to a Russian!” reads the slogan on the white T-shirts of three Ukrainian activists. Above the slogan, two hands form the shape of a vulva. The women who called for a sex boycott against Russian men want to demonstrate their disagreement with the occupation…

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