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  • Manifestazione in Montenegro © foto di Aljoša Turović
    Intolerance

    Nothing came as a surprise, the violence against Turkish citizens in Montenegro had been prepared for weeks in the media, on social media, and by certain politicians spreading false claims that more than one hundred thousand Turks are living in Montenegro and are “ready for anything.”

    06/11/2025, Predrag Nikolić -

  • Theological School of Halki, Istanbul - © OVKNHR/Shutterstock
    Reportage

    Erdoğan’s recent public promise to consider reopening the legendary Halki Seminary has revived the historic concerns and aspirations of Istanbul’s Rum community and, in some cases, its support forTurkey’s longest-serving president

    05/11/2025, Mary Drosopoulos - Istanbul

  • Miša Bačulov © Courtesy of Miša Bačulov
    Politics

    Miša Bačulov is a Thai boxing champion, philanthropist, activist and, since 2024, a councilor in the Novi Sad City Assembly. Today, he is one of the most prominent figures of the opposition against Vučić. We met with Bačulov shortly before his arrest

    03/11/2025, Giovanni Vale -

  • © Budimir Jevtic/Shutterstock
    Migrations

    From an illegal migrant to a legitimate business owner: the story of Vahe, an ethnic Armenian, reflects the real struggles of thousands of migrants after ten years of working under the table in Europe, dealing with papers, and living under constant fear

    31/10/2025, Armine Avetisyan -

  • Mabel Matiz - Wikimedia Commons
    LGBT

    Mabel Matiz, one of Turkey’s most famous pop singers, risks prison for his latest song, which has been labeled “obscenity” because it sings of homosexual love: a further crackdown on the LGBT community in the “Year of the Family” decreed by the AKP

    30/10/2025, Kenan Behzat Sharpe - Istanbul

  • Ramiz Mehdiyev - photo wikimedia CC BY 4.0
    Politics

    Once enjoying extensive powers and considered Azerbaijan’s eminence grise, Ramiz Mehdiyev has recently fallen out of favor, accused of plotting a coup and placed under house arrest. A case in point of how power works in Azerbaijan

    29/10/2025, Arzu Geybullayeva -