The App that Makes You a Terrorist

In the Turkish government’s rush to root out conspirators, the threshold for guilt is low.

A Witch-Hunt in Turkey

After Turkey's failed 2016 coup, retribution has become a farcical national obsession.

A Kurdish Problem

Kurds—the largest stateless ethnic group in the world—can be found on all sides of an increasingly complex conflict that stretches across Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

Turkey Descends into Authoritarianism

Fears of terrorism, and President Erdoğan’s rivalry with an exiled theologian, have become excuses for censorship and repression.

A Rock and a Hard Place

The neglect and abuse of Pakistan’s tribal areas.

Leaving ISIS

Hammad joined ISIS in 2013, impressed by their ambition and military prowess. He left when he saw their tyranny.

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