The Distortion of American White Privilege and Black Oppression in Turkish Political Discourse
A column in Turkish daily newspaper Sabah in the wake of Charlottesville sparks controversy for drawing analogies between politics and race relations in Turkey and the U.S.
by Ebru Erdem Akcay
Reacting to events in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 11-12, 2017, Hilal Kaplan, a columnist for Sabah, a pro-government Turkish newspaper, and head of the Turkish-government linked think tank, Bosphorus Global, wrote a piece titled “When you are accustomed to privilege, equal…
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