by Merdan Rozyyev | Jan 5, 2023 | Sabanci University
Turkey has recently enacted a new law on media disinformation, which has sparked widespread concern and criticism from human rights organizations, media freedom advocates, and international bodies such as the United Nations. This is because its definitions of...
by S. Sena Turkdogan | Jan 5, 2023 | Sabanci University
Once described as the champion of the third wave of democratization in Europe, Hungary has become a pioneer of democratic backsliding. The concept of democratic backsliding refers to the incremental weakening of democratic institutions, procedures, and norms by the...
by Erem Bilgesu | Jan 5, 2023 | Sabanci University
Recently, the global rise of democratic regimes starting during the 1970s with the Third Wave of Democratization has stopped. This wave was then replaced by a rise in autocratic regimes throughout the World. There have been numerous examples of former democracies...
by Eva Luna Rijntjes | Jan 4, 2023 | Sabanci University
In Hong Kong, an unusual kind of protesting started in 2014. Marked by singing and yellow umbrellas, quickly the young students that represented Hong Kong’s peaceful resilience against the growing authoritarian grip of the Chinese government became worldwide news....
by Tarik Bugrahan Mert | Jan 1, 2023 | Sabanci University
In this epoch, it is not seldom to come across an example of backsliding democracy. In a way, this phenomenon defines the gist of our times. However, the kind we witness in the US stands unique with its vibrant intellectual layout. For years behind, the fight for...
