Levent Gürses Two important figures were announced; one was the third quarter growth figure: 3.7 per cent annually. The other was November’s inflation: according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK),…
Tayfun Özkaya In the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, in Bhopal, a major gas leak occurred on 2 December 1984 at an agricultural chemical factory owned by the American company…
Can Baydarol Last weekend, starting on Friday and lasting three days, we witnessed the 39th Congress of the CHP. While we thought we would be watching a clash between the…
Levent Gürses In December, millions of workers and employers turned their attention to the Minimum Wage Determination Commission and the new figure that will be valid in 2026. The current…
Osman Şenkul For much of human history, work was largely comprised of hunting and gathering, agriculture, and manual labour (such as shoemaking, blacksmithing, and similar trades), with working hours dependent…
Osman Şenkul During his visit to Turkey at the end of October (2025), German Chancellor Friedrich Merz responded to a journalist’s question at a press conference following his meeting with…
Rebecca Solnit A young white woman in yoga clothes berating masked ICE agents in a parking lot this spring. A pope speaking up again and again for immigrants. Furious judges…
Can Baydarol My wife said, ‘Come on, stop being lazy, we’re going.’ Before I could ask, ‘Where to?’, I found myself on a coach heading to Thessaloniki with a tour…
By Fábio Bispo Following a protest at the main entrance of the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) on Friday morning, the federal government announced that it will move…
Levent Gürses We can say that global stock markets have stopped worrying about an artificial intelligence bubble, at least for now. Nvidia, a key player in artificial intelligence chip production,…
The economy of those who rejoice in weak growth and inflation stubbornly holding at 30%
Levent Gürses Two important figures were announced; one was the third quarter growth figure: 3.7 per cent annually. The other was November’s inflation: according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK),…
The Bhopal disaster and agricultural poisons
Tayfun Özkaya In the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, in Bhopal, a major gas leak occurred on 2 December 1984 at an agricultural chemical factory owned by the American company…
Has the CHP changed?
Can Baydarol Last weekend, starting on Friday and lasting three days, we witnessed the 39th Congress of the CHP. While we thought we would be watching a clash between the…
Even if the minimum wage increases by 30% will remain below the poverty line, enforcement and debt at records
Levent Gürses In December, millions of workers and employers turned their attention to the Minimum Wage Determination Commission and the new figure that will be valid in 2026. The current…
The solution to AI-driven job losses lies in a four-day working week
Osman Şenkul For much of human history, work was largely comprised of hunting and gathering, agriculture, and manual labour (such as shoemaking, blacksmithing, and similar trades), with working hours dependent…
Go to the IMF and promise to spend, go to the EU and promise to implement
Osman Şenkul During his visit to Turkey at the end of October (2025), German Chancellor Friedrich Merz responded to a journalist’s question at a press conference following his meeting with…
A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere
Rebecca Solnit A young white woman in yoga clothes berating masked ICE agents in a parking lot this spring. A pope speaking up again and again for immigrants. Furious judges…
Thessaloniki
Can Baydarol My wife said, ‘Come on, stop being lazy, we’re going.’ Before I could ask, ‘Where to?’, I found myself on a coach heading to Thessaloniki with a tour…
Brazil to demarcate indigenous territories following Munduruku protest at COP30
By Fábio Bispo Following a protest at the main entrance of the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) on Friday morning, the federal government announced that it will move…
The artificial intelligence ecosystem is growing rapidly… In more countries and sectors
Levent Gürses We can say that global stock markets have stopped worrying about an artificial intelligence bubble, at least for now. Nvidia, a key player in artificial intelligence chip production,…