Month: April 2026

Riddle

Can Baydarol The week we are currently going through has been extremely eventful, and it is inevitable that it will continue to be so. By the time you read these…

Money only works in a trusted, shared system

Chris Skinner There’s a fundamental truth about money that we often forget: money only works because we all agree to use the same system. Whether it’s Visa, SWIFT or central…

Rebecca Solnit: A new world is being born

Zoe Williams When I speak to Rebecca Solnit, she is beaming, and I can’t immediately figure out why. Her new book, The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a…

Datça residents are standing up for their living spaces

Müge Okur The inclusion of a significant public area in Datça within the scope of privatisation has triggered fresh tensions in the town. A proposal regarding the approximately 5,000-square-metre site…

A fragile ceasefire, who is the winner of the war, and $1.2 billion for motorways and hospitals

Levent Gürses A ceasefire was declared 40 days after the war launched by US-Israeli aggression against Iran on 28 February. In fact, a ceasefire was declared, but the war is…

Whilst our neighbour supports farmers, we are heading for the top spot in food inflation

Osman Şenkul In the 7th century BC, just as Crete was a centre of civilisation among the two major islands south of the Aegean Sea, Rhodes was the main stronghold…

Where did money come from?

Chris Skinner It’s quite strange when you think about money as a lot of money has disappeared or been recreated over the years. 250 years ago, there was no US…

Earth.Org – Sitting on the sidelines is no longer an option

Andi Cross The first time I learned to scuba dive, climate change wasn’t on my mind. I was focused almost entirely on just breathing, simply trying to survive. I was…

J Doyne Farmer: Economics has failed on the climate crisis

It’s a mind-blowing idea: an economic model of the world in which every company is individually represented, making realistic decisions that change as the economy changes. From this astonishing complexity…

Will the Montreux Convention on the Straits be breached?

Can Baydarol More than a month has passed since the US-Israel alliance launched its war against Iran. As the question of who is winning remains unanswered, the majority believe the…