Monday’s paper
January 3, 2026
Iran needs a Spanish-style transition
This is the agony of a dictatorship. Perhaps it will be long and painful. Perhaps, on the contrary, in the coming days we will see the sudden collapse of the Iranian theocracy that so quickly hijacked the democratic revolution of 1979.
This is the agony of a dictatorship. Perhaps it will be long and painful. Perhaps, on the contrary, in the coming days we will see the sudden collapse of the Iranian theocracy that so quickly hijacked the democratic revolution of 1979.
Monday’s paper
March 31, 2025
The faces of Istanbul
Who said that democracy has fallen out of favour? Who said that people now aspire to authoritarianism? Who said such nonsense, once again disproved in Istanbul by the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators who, on Saturday, demanded the release of their mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was thrown in prison because he could beat Recep Erdoğan in the next presidential election?
Who said that democracy has fallen out of favour? Who said that people now aspire to authoritarianism? Who said such nonsense, once again disproved in Istanbul by the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators who, on Saturday, demanded the release of their mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was thrown in prison because he could beat Recep Erdoğan in the next presidential election?
