Çiğdem Albasan wrote articles about women and education for the Koklu Degisim Magazine. On Friday the 5th of March 2010, more than 10 heavily armed anti-terror policemen stormed her house in Ankara in the early morning hours. Her husband Murat Albasan stood up against the arrest of his wife who was pregnant in her third month. Although there was no arrest warrant against him, he too was arrested. But, what…

News: Why depicting Mohammed angers many Muslims (Source: Agence France-Presse (AFP)) Depictions of Prophet Mohammed such as the cartoons published by the French satirical magazine are banned in Islam and angers many Muslims. The two masked gunmen who killed 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo weekly on Wednesday claimed to be on a mission to "avenge" its cartoons of Mohammed. It follows years of controversy over such caricatures. "This is…

On 8th of January 2014, the Turkish Prime Minister was speaking at the 'Protecting the Structure of Family and the Dynamic Population Program' in Ankara to announce a series of social reforms prepared by the government. Under the new plan, the government is pledging 300 Turkish Liras for a couple's first child, 400 liras for the second, and 600 liras for the third, while easing conditions for new mothers to…

News: The 12 new departments that will be established in the Presidential Palace will develop politics and strategies through scientific work. The departments will ensure coordination with governmental institutions and will provide support to the government through their counsel. (Source: Sabah) Comment: The "presidential system" is being discussed in Turkey since the past president Turgut Özal until today. Especially towards the end of President Erdogan's Prime Minister era this issue…