Angle, Anchor, and Voice

The Iran War and the Capture of Opposition in Turkey

Another metropolitan mayor in Turkey was arrested this week. Municipalities are being steadily captured by the AKP government. This is not unrelated to…

Apr 2 • Ezgi Basaran

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March 2026

It will not be the same Hormuz ever again

There is another way to read the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz. If it is right, there is no way back to normality, as Helen Thompson argues.

Mar 26 • Ezgi Basaran

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When did targeting another country’s leadership become normal?

No, it is not normal. But the threshold has shifted enough that we might not even flinch if one leader began speaking of sending another’s severed ear…

Mar 18 • Ezgi Basaran

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Turkey is already ‘part’ of this war

Israel’s regional strategy increasingly places Turkey within the logic of the war. The Kurds, meanwhile, are being pushed into an impossible position…

Mar 11 • Ezgi Basaran

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Playing with Iranian blood, using Kurds as boots – for what?

Trump and Netanyahu do not care about regime change. They want chaos. But for what? Let’s think about it. Could it be…?

Mar 4 • Ezgi Basaran

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February 2026

The Kurdish Mood After Rojava

For negotiations between the Turkish state and the Kurdish movement to progress, the emotional aftershock of Rojava’s contraction must be recognised.

Feb 26 • Ezgi Basaran

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Do Women in Syria Need ‘Saving’?

What I witnessed in Damascus was women of all ages occupying public space with ease. They did not appear provisional or apologetic, but embedded in the…

Feb 20 • Ezgi Basaran

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I Was in Damascus. Left with Respect.

The air in Damascus has shifted, even if its material conditions have not. I moved through a city marked by energy, anxiety and moments of hope, while…

Feb 19 • Ezgi Basaran

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The Uses of Unreality: Gaza + The idea of a Jewish Homeland and the objection of Britain's only Jewish minister

Ceasefires, committees, and boards proliferate around Gaza. The gap between material conditions and the political fantasy surrounding them continues to…

Feb 11 • Ezgi Basaran

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The idea of a Jewish homeland and the objection of Britain’s only Jewish minister

In 1917, Britain cast its guilt into policy by pledging a home for the Jews in Palestine. The only Jewish minister in the Cabinet Edwin Montagu tried to…

Feb 4 • Ezgi Basaran

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Arabs and Kurds in Syria: Betrayal and Nationalism

The rapid unravelling of Kurdish autonomy in Syria has brought familiar narratives back into play. Nationalism and the language of betrayal have…

Feb 4 • Ezgi Basaran

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January 2026

Revolutions Without Revolutionaries: Actor Khalid Abdalla, Palestine, and Iran

A reflection on Khalid Abdalla’s Nowhere, and what protest leaves behind when it does not topple power. From Egypt and Palestine to Iran, on endurance…

Jan 27 • Ezgi Basaran

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