Journalism

On this sub page I collect my journalistic articles and interviews given to print and online media, radio and TV.

Articles for DuvarEnglish from December 2020 to October 2021, https://www.duvarenglish.com/author/ekrem-eddy-guzeldere (bi-weekly column on foreign policy issues) …

7 Feb 2023, TV-Interview on the earthquake in Turkey, ERT National Channel Greece, https://guzeldere.eu/index.php/2023/02/07/tv-interview-on-the-earthquake-in-turkey-ert/

6 Feb 2023, Earthquake in Turkey, N1TV Croatia (TV Interview), https://guzeldere.eu/index.php/2023/02/06/earthquake-in-turkey-n1tv-croatia/

6 Feb 2023, Op-ed on the Kurdish vote in Turkey’s elections, Ta Nea (Greek Daily), https://guzeldere.eu/index.php/2023/02/06/article-on-the-kurdish-vote-in-turkeys-elections-ta-nea/

28 Jan 2023, Invited to talkshow „Spazio Transnazionale“ of Italian Radio Radicale about Erdogan and the Presidential Elections, https://guzeldere.eu/index.php/2023/01/28/spazio-transnazionale-erdogan-e-le-presidenziali/

7 September 2022, I was interviewed by the independent Serb weekly Novosti (Zagreb), by Jerko Bakotin, on Erdogan’s visit to the Balkans, https://www.portalnovosti.com/erdoganova-meka-moc 

19 July 2022, Interview mit dem Inforadio des RBB, Erdogan, Putin, Raisi treffen sich in Teheran

Summer 2022, „Brasilien durchlebt eine mentale Krankheit” – Ein Interview mit Celso Amorim (Brasilicum)

17 May 2022, radio interview on the NATO aspirations of Sweden and Finland, Warum blockiert die Türkei den NATO-Beitritt von Schweden und Finnland?

April 2022, interview with the indigenous leader Marcos in his native Pesqueira in the state of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil, or the German Lateinamerika-Nachrichten, GEWÄHLT, ABER NOCH NICHT IM AMT

2 April 2022, interview with former Brazilian foreign minister Celso Amorim for the Turkish Perspektif, online journal, Brezilya Bir Akıl Hastalığı Geçiriyor, Perspektif

9 December 2021: https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/655090/intervista-ad-ekrem-eddy-guzeldere-il-nuovo-governo-in-germania-e-i-rapporti-con-la

On 4 December 2021 I participated in a news program on Turkey of i24news.

24 September 2021, https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/648439/intervista-a-ekrem-guzeldere-sulle-elezioni-in-germania-di-domenica-26-settembre-in

27 July 2021, https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/643776/intervista-a-ekrem-eddy-guzeldere-analista-politico-a-berlino-sulle-aggressioni-subite

26 March 2021, Interview for RadioRadicale on the EU summit and what it meant for Turkey, https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/632693/intervista-a-ekem-eddy-guzeldere-sul-vertice-del-consiglio-europeo-del-25-marzo-2021

29 Dec. 2020, Germany-Turkey relations, interview with Italian RadioRadicale at the conclusion of the German presidency of the Council of the European Union: confrontations in the East-Med, Germany as mediator, the question of Islam in Europe, German-Turks, Biontech …
https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/625271/intervista-ad-ekrem-eddy-guzeldere-in-collegamento-da-berlino-sui-rapporti-turchia

15 Dec. 2020, EU summit, Turkey and sanctions: It could be worse
1st article for the online paper DuvarEnglish about the recent EU summit (10-11 December) and what the German presidency meant for Turkey,
https://www.duvarenglish.com/last-eu-summit-turkey-and-sanctions-it-could-be-worse-article-55477 

4 November 2020, „Eleições nos EUA – importancia para Europa“.
I participated in the radio program  Paraíba Todo Dia of Radio Cariri on the US elections and its meaning for Europe, https://www.facebook.com/cariri101fm/videos/1544167619304961/

10 March 2020, “Il terrorismo sovranista tedesco legittimato dalla politica”, Interview by Eleonora Ferrari for Orizzonti Politici (in Italian), https://www.orizzontipolitici.it/il-terrorismo-sovranista-tedesco-e-stato-legittimato-dalla-politica/

21 February 2020, La Germania e il veleno del razzismo, IAI, https://www.affarinternazionali.it/2020/02/la-germania-e-il-veleno-del-razzismo/.

10-12/2018, Imperium der Angst – Medien und Pressefreiheit in der Türkei, OSTEUROPA, https://www.zeitschrift-osteuropa.de/hefte/2018/10-12/imperium-der-angst/.

1 May 2018, Article for The Global Dispatches on Turkey’s elections on 24 June, http://www.theglobaldispatches.com/articles/turkeys-elections

24 April 2018, I participated in the program „transnazionale“ of Radio Radicale about the 24 June elections in Turkey, https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/539608/spazio-transnazionale

19 April 2018, Interview in German with Inforadio RBB on the snap elections in Turkey, http://mediathek.rbb-online.de/radio/Interviews/Vorgezogene-Neuwahlen-n%C3%BCtzen-nur-Erdoga/Inforadio/Audio?bcastId=32100928&documentId=51763906

2 February 2018, I participated in the program „transnazionale“ of Radio Radicale about the Turkish president’s visit to the Vatican. See, https://guzeldere.eu/index.php/2018/02/07/2-2-2018-erdogan-da-papa-francesco-radio-radicale/

25 September 2017, I participated in a special program of Radio Radicale (Italy) about the elections in Germany.

22 September 2017, I was interviewed by Radio Radicale on the parliamentary elections in Germany, https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/520589/intervista-a-ekrem-eddy-guzeldere-sulle-prossime-elezioni-politiche-in-germania-sul

19 September 2017, Primo Seminario di lavoro sui rapporti Turchia-UE, I participated via skype to the seminar on Turkey-EU relations in Rome, organized by the NGO „Turchia in Europa da subito“, https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/520103/primo-seminario-di-lavoro-sui-rapporti-turchia-ue

July/August 2017, Türkische Außenpolitik – Null Freunde, Politik und Kultur, https://www.kulturrat.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/puk04-17.pdf

July 2017, Zivilgesellschaft unter Damokles-Dekreten, BBE, http://www.b-b-e.de/fileadmin/inhalte/aktuelles/2017/08/enl-7-17-guezeldere-beitrag.pdf

June 2017, Wir leben vom Ersparten, NZZ Folio, http://folio.nzz.ch/2017/juni/wir-leben-vom-ersparten

19 April 2017, In Saudi-Arabien haben sie Nein gesagt, Falter, https://www.falter.at/archiv/FALTER_201704197CFCC88E1D/in-saudi-arabien-haben-sie-nein-gesagt

16 April 2017, Speciale Spazio Transnazionale – Referendum in Turchia. Vince Erdogan al filo di lana, I participated in the program of Radio Radicale following the constitutional referendum in Turkey, https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/506283/speciale-spazio-transnazionale-referendum-in-turchia-vince-erdogan-al-filo-di-lana

6 March 2017, I was interviewed by German daily „Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung“ (FAZ) about Turkish-German relations, http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/tuerken-haben-gespaltene-meinung-ueber-deutschland-14912060.html

2 November 2015, Erdogan wieder Alleinherrscher, Interview im SRF zu den Wahlen in der Türkei, https://www.srf.ch/sendungen/srf-4-aktuell/erdogan-wieder-alleinherrscher

3 August 2015, We want to be a cultural centre, http://en.qantara.de/content/arabic-bookshop-in-istanbul-we-want-to-be-a-cultural-centre

7 May 2015, Alte Heimat, neue Heimat, qantara, http://de.qantara.de/inhalt/jesiden-in-der-tuerkei-alte-heimat-neue-heimat

12 March 2015, A Spoke in Erdogan’s Wheel, The Global Dispatches, http://www.theglobaldispatches.com/articles/a-spoke-in-erdogans-wheel

2 December 2014, Fighting on alone, qantara, https://en.qantara.de/content/istanbuls-kazova-textile-co-operative-fighting-on-alone

11 August 2014, Grosse Zweifel an Erdogans «Neuanfang», Interview mit dem SRF (Schweiz), https://www.srf.ch/news/international/grosse-zweifel-an-erdogans-neuanfang

18 July 2014, Ramadan in Brazil, qantara, https://en.qantara.de/content/ramadan-in-brazil-maintaining-the-tradition

22 April 2014, Turkey’s first Communist mayor offers ‚another left‘, Al-Monitor, https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/04/communist-mayor-turkey-tkp-change.html

31 March 2014, Ein unwürdiger EU-Beitrittskandidate, Interview mit dem Deutschlandfunk, http://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/tuerkei-ein-unwuerdiger-eu-beitrittskandidat.1008.de.html?dram:article_id=281613

November 2013, Freiluftgefängnis Redaktion, Jüdisches Echo

18 August 2013, Far and Near Brazil, Research Turkey, http://researchturkey.org/far-and-near-brazil/

18 June 2013, Wir sind alle Pinguine, FAZ, http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien/tuerkische-medien-wir-sind-alle-pinguine-12225019.html

27 August 2012, Außer der Farbe ist nichts geblieben, qantara, http://de.qantara.de/content/das-schicksal-der-afro-turken-der-turkei-ausser-der-farbe-ist-nichts-geblieben (article about the Afro-Turks in Turkey)

23 February 2012, Delo (Slovenian daily)
Ko civilisti pokažejo zobe vojakom (Interview)
http://www.delo.si/arhiv/iskalnik/?niz=ekremem

20 February 2012, Hürriyet Daily News, German president: All good things go by three?  http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/german-president-all-good-things-go-by-three–.aspx?pageID=238&nID=14128&NewsCatID=396

23 Aralık 2011, SES Türkiye, KCK gözaltıları insan hakları savunucularını kaygılandırıyor (röportaj) http://turkey.setimes.com/tr/articles/ses/articles/features/departments/national/2011/12/23/feature-01

24 October 2011, SES Türkiye, Alakbar Raufoglu, PKK-military fighting derails hopes for peace (interview)

The escalation of the conflict between the PKK and Turkish security forces brings the Kurdish issue to a dangerous juncture, http://turkey.setimes.com/en_GB/articles/ses/articles/features/departments/national/2011/10/24/feature-01

16 July 2011, bianet, A Harbiye Concert and The Kurdish Issue

During the „Women of Water“ concert, friday night at Harbiye’s Open Air Theatre, a group of Turks protested against Kurdish singer Aynur for singing in Kurdish. She was forced to cut her performance short and left after the third song ,http://bianet.org/english/other/131512-a-harbiye-concert-and-the-kurdish-issue

17 Giugno 2011, italiani europei, La tripletta dell’AKP Dopo una campagna elettorale lunga e piuttosto aggressiva, le elezioni nazionali in Turchia si sono concluse con un risultato chiaro. Eppure, nonostante abbia quasi raggiunto il 50% dei voti, il partito di governo non ha forza sufficiente per cambiare la Costituzione, http://www.italianieuropei.it/it/ie-online/item/2176-la-tripletta-dellakp.html

12 June 2011, Folha (Brasil), Marcelo Ninio, Premiê turco quer 3º mandato com mais poder, http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mundo/928884-premie-turco-quer-3-mandato-com-mais-poder.shtml

20 May 2011, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Neue Hoffnung für die türkischen Kurden (Nur Druckausgabe)

14 May 2011, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Das letzte armenische Dorf am Musa Dagh (Nur Druckausgabe)

March 2011, The Global Dispatches, Kurdish Politics and Newroz 2011, http://www.theglobaldispatches.com/articles/kurdish-politics-and-newroz-2011

9 March 2011, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Aleviten fordern mehr Rechte, http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/politik/international/tuerkische_aleviten_fordern_mehr_rechte_1.9817381.html

March 2011, The Global Dispatches, Vakifli – Antioch, http://www.theglobaldispatches.com/articles/vakifli-antioch

2 December 2010, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, p. 7
«Wir haben keine andere Heimat»  Die vernachlässigte Minderheit der Afrotürken organisiert sich (Nur Druckausgabe)

November 2010, The Global Dispatches, Afro-Turks, http://www.theglobaldispatches.com/articles/afro-turks

1 October 2010, italianieuropei, Turkey. After the referendum, before the elections, http://www.italianieuropei.it/en/ie-online/item/1765-turchia-dopo-il-referendum-prima-delle-elezioni.html

September 2010, The Global Dispatches, Akhtamar Island, http://www.theglobaldispatches.com/articles/akhtamar-island

29 July 2010, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Die «kurdische Initiative» – ein Scherbenhaufen, http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/international/die_kurdische_initiative__ein_scherbenhaufen_1.6962457.html

4 June 2010, Café Babel, Türkei-Israel: Glaubwürdigkeit und das Spiel mit dem Antisemitismus, http://www.cafebabel.de/article/33943/turkei-israel-glaubwurdigkeit-spiel-an

1 March 2010, The Global Dispatches, Women in Turkey, http://www.theglobaldispatches.com/articles/women-in-turkey–3

23 December 2009 – medarabnews, L’iniziativa curda dopo la chiusura del Dtp, http://www.medarabnews.com/2009/12/23/l%E2%80%99iniziativa-curda-dopo-la-chiusura-del-dtp/

17 dicembre 2009 – Radio Radicale (intervista), La situazione politica in Turchia dopo la messa al bando del partito curdo, http://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/293554/la-situazione-politica-in-turchia-dopo-la-messa-al-bando-del-partito-curdo-intervista-a-ekrem-eddy-guzelde

30 novembre 2009 – lettera22, NOME IN CODICE “GABBIA” , http://www.lettera22.it/showart.php?id=11069&rubrica=84

30 October 2009, Istanbulpost, 2 Sprachen – 1 Koffer, http://www.istanbulpost.net/09/10/05/ekrem.htm

23 ottobre 2009, lettera22, CURDI TURCHI, IL RITORNO A CASA, http://www.lettera22.it/showart.php?id=10964&rubrica=84 .

19 ottobre 2009, lettera22, LA SCOMMESSA DI BURSA, http://www.lettera22.it/showart.php?id=10954&rubrica=84 .

8 ottobre 2009, lettera22, LA TELA SEGRETA DIETRO LA PARTITA TURCHIA-ARMENIA, http://www.lettera22.it/showart.php?id=10915&rubrica=84

31 March 2009, OsservatorioIraq, Diyarbakir resiste all’assedio, http://www.osservatorioiraq.it/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7392

9 January 2009, /www.eudebate2009.eu/, Turkey-EU: Cyprus, Sweden and elections in 2009, http://www.eudebate2009.eu/ger/article/28225/turkey-europe-2009-diary-cyprus-elections.html (English)

http://www.eudebate2009.eu/ger/article/28118/Tuerkei-EU-Erweiterungsprozess-Europawahlen-2009.html (deutsch)

http://www.eudebate2009.eu/ger/article/28263/Turchia-Ue-rapporti-2009-elezioni.html (italiano)

http://www.eudebate2009.eu/ger/article/28243/turquie-adhesion-europe-2009-previsions.html (francais)

20 December 2008, lettera22, TURCHI E ARMENI/IL CORAGGIO DI CHIEDERE SCUSA, http://www.lettera22.it/showart.php?id=10003&rubrica=84

  1. August 2008, Café Babel,Türkei wendet Krise ab – auch mit der EU,http://www.cafebabel.com/ger/article/25742/AKP-Verbot-abgelehnt-Tuerkei-wendet-Krise-ab.html  (deutsch)

http://www.cafebabel.com/ger/article/25788/la-turchia-evita-la-crisi.html (italiano)

http://www.cafebabel.com/ger/article/25809/AKP-turquie-interdiction-du-parti.html (francais)

http://www.cafebabel.com/ger/article/25797/turcja-ratuje-sie-przed-kryzysem.html (polski)

17 January 2002, First Jewish Museum Opened, http://m.bianet.org/english/politics/6450-first-jewish-museum-opened