Ataturk's republic turns 100
Turkey's enduring identity crisis
Iran protests
Tehran dismisses university lecturers
Eklektik BerlinIstan meets Anatolian folk
DJ Ipek's space-time continuum in sound
Morocco quake aftermath
Moroccans pull together for Atlas region
To mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey, German journalist Cigdem Akyol has written a new history of what she calls "the divided republic".

Ataturk's republic turns 100

To mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey, German journalist and Qantara.de contributor Cigdem Akyol has written a new history of what she calls "the divided republic". Marian Brehmer read the bookRead more

After the death of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, Iran's universities became the focus of anti-regime protests. Now lecturers critical of the regime are being dismissed, while those loyal to the regime are being rehired: Tehran's Islamic regime is apparently reshaping the country's universities even more strictly according to its own ideas.

Iran protests

University lecturers critical of the regime are being dismissed, while those loyal to the regime are being rehired: Tehran's Islamic regime is apparently reshaping the country's universities even more strictly according to its own ideas. By Iman AslaniRead more

Music producer Ipek Ipekcioglu is well-known as a DJ far beyond her home city Berlin. Now she's released her first album as part of the musical project "Karmaturji"

Eklektik BerlinIstan meets Anatolian folk

Eklektik BerlinIstan's DJ Ipek – Ipek Ipekcioglu – is famous far beyond her home city of Berlin. Now the music producer has released her first album as part of the musical project "Karmaturji". Daniel Bax had a listenRead more

Morocco's devastating earthquake has led to a wave of solidarity with the victims, with many volunteers setting off under their own steam to help. But reconstruction will take a long time.

Morocco quake aftermath

Morocco's devastating earthquake has led to a wave of solidarity with the victims, with many volunteers setting off under their own steam to help. But reconstruction will take a long time. Hans-Christian Roessler reports from AmizmizRead more

Politics

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks in front of a poster of Kemal Ataturk (image: picture alliance/dpa/AP Images/K. Ozer)

Ataturk's republic turns 100

Turkey's enduring identity crisis

 Saddam Haftar, Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar's youngest son, is widely seen as his father's successor (image: Facebook)

More corruption, death and destruction

Haftar's sons rise in Derna flood aftermath

Aisha, 51, who said she lost five family members when the deadly storm hit her city, reacts as she walks past destroyed houses, in Derna, Libya, 17 September 2023 (image: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra)

Libya's Derna

A city known for rebellion – and neglect

Iraqi prime minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani (image: AFP)

Connecting the Gulf with Turkey

Iraq's Transport Corridors – no place for Kurdistan?

Society

Students of Tehran's Sharif University attend a rally (image: NNSRoj)

Iran protests

Tehran dismisses university lecturers

Moulay Brahim, Morocco: People are seen bringing aid and food provisions in the aftermath of the earthquake (image: Davide Bonaldo/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire)

Morocco quake aftermath

Moroccans pull together for Atlas region

Hella Mewis in her cultural centre in Baghdad (image: TARKIB)

Life in Iraq

No politics, no religion, no sex

American historian Elyse Semerdjian (image: private)

The Armenian genocide

"Genocide is a feminist issue"

Culture

Ipek Ipekcioglum aka DJ Ipek (image: Melis Oezdil)

Eklektik BerlinIstan meets Anatolian folk

DJ Ipek's space-time continuum in sound

MENA project (image: MENA Project)

Middle Eastern and North African art in Europe

MENA Art Gallery – haven for Arab art

Algerian author Said Khatibi (image: private)

Algeria – wasteland for Arabic literature

Big Brother is watching you

Portugal: Campus project in Braga. Rehearsals for the grand finale at the Campus Concert of the Beethovenfest in Bonn (image: Madmo Springer)

Germany's Beethovenfest

Afghan and Iranian musicians join forces

American vocalist and songwriter Galeet Dardashti (image: Galeet Dardashti)

Galeet Dardashti's "Monajat"

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