By William J. Furney Only the forenames of some people interviewed for this article have been used, to protect their identity in a politically sensitive place. It’s midnight on the
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What a Sight: Mystical Men and Magical Machines
By William J. Furney Half an hour before heading to the airport for a flight to Istanbul, I realised I didn’t have a visa and my passport was invalid. It
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A Great Turkey Disconnect
By William J. Furney You have to turn on laptops and tablets as you go through the twin layers of security at Istanbul’s jaded and soon-to-be redundant Ataturk Airport, to
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Saudi Journalist ‘Murder’ Would Be Indelible Stain on ‘Modernising’ Kingdom
By William J. Furney The alleged murder of a Saudi journalist at a Turkish consulate is, if proven, one of the more shocking events of modern times, and would show
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Turkey, the European-Asian Problem Child That Wants to Join the EU Adults
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL Journalists locked up for life, half the country’s judges fired, Wikipedia blocked, social media frequently suspended — and on it goes in President Erdogan’s continuing crackdown after
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