TTwo laws, twelve quietly approved permits, and a stretch of the Bosphorus that locals can no longer reach on foot. A six-month investigation into how the European shore stopped being public — without anyone passing a law that said so.
"Nobody voted for this. Twelve permits did the voting."Read the full piece →
The novelist on Turkish, English, and the political cost of leaving one of them behind. Recorded at the studio, March.
Read →Photographs and notes from the 04:30 shift. The auctioneer, the boats, the men who decide what İstanbul eats tonight.
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Read →The columnist and political scientist on the press, exile, and what changed in 2024.
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