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10 articles · Writing for PUGAT 2021–2022 · 1 series
The view of Syria turned overnight from a brotherly country into an enemy one, and millions of Syrian migrants became the most visible result of this policy. Turkey’s migration test is a mirror of its domestic politics.
Reports that a child in Van was detained for wearing a T-shirt printed with Demirtaş’s image brought the limits of freedom of expression back onto the agenda. The author interprets Demirtaş’s detention from a different angle.
From the mass resignations of 2011 to Habur: behind the scenes of the resolution process. A former gendarmerie officer recounts the military and political background of the words “we do not know the road map”.
The Netflix series “The Club” brought the events of 6–7 September 1955 and the experiences of Istanbul’s non-Muslims back onto the agenda. The author asks what moral should be drawn from this story today.
The photograph of Havva Bekâr resisting the plateau road in Çamlıhemşin has not faded from memory. The author questions the gendarmerie's recent PR campaigns and its relationship with citizens.
In investigations, the drum sits in the gendarmerie station's lap, but the stick is in someone else's hand. The third part of The First Door: The Gendarmerie series compares the resources of the police and the gendarmerie.
With urbanisation and social transformation, law enforcement units too must become differentiated. The second part of The First Door: The Gendarmerie series discusses the idea of a “civilian gendarmerie”.
The past of thousands of soldiers was disregarded overnight, and their comrades-in-arms fell silent. From the pen of a former gendarmerie officer, the first part of The First Door: The Gendarmerie series: The military gendarmerie.
The timing of “Operation Swamp”, which followed the drug seizures at Mersin Port, is striking. The author questions the relations between drugs, the mafia and law enforcement.
In June 2021, hundreds of kilos of cocaine were seized at Mersin Port six days apart. The author questions the issues behind these mysterious seizures and the relationship between law enforcement and the mafia.
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