Recently the so called “Muslim Leftist” movement or “Green Left” has been growing among religiously minded progressive Turks. I visited my friend Kadir Bal and his friends – activists in the movement – a few days before this year’s May Day. …

I desire to know this spring. Climbing at night the hill from Taksim and Dolapdere districts to my home neighborhood Kurtuluş LAST STOP I feel the hard night wind mixed with new growth… Cars buzz up and down past me …

“Memo”, 25, has been living on the edges of Istanbul society since last summer. He came in August of 2011 hopping to escape violence he had faced in Egypt. Saying he fears for his life Memo has decided to stay …

In January 2012 in the Hey Textile Company 420 textile workers – most of them women – were fired without cause. They were not paid their wages for the months of November, December and January. Consequently the workers went on …

The night I met Ayse Tukrukcu, Ayse seemed knew most of the female and male prostitutes in downtown Istanbul. As we walked through Istanbul’s red light district (Taksim) she related her life story. Ayse Tukrukcu’s life is as tragic as …