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Can Acun

Can Acun works for SETA, a Turkish foundation for political, economic and social research.

 

Items by Can Acun

  • Déjà vu — the West’s effort to transform Turkey into another Egypt

    The Turkish coup attempt last month gave me an opportunity to reminisce about my experiences in Cairo during the 2013 Egyptian. I compared it to the ongoing events in Turkey while I joined the crowd in front of the parliament to protect our democracy. The Turks, as with the...

  • ‘The Turks have succeeded, so can we...’

    On Friday 15 July, I was at Ankara TRT and left at around 10pm, just 5-10 minutes before the coup soldiers attacked the building. While I was going home, I noticed that jets were flying around the city. At first, just like many people, I thought this was a...