Demirkırat: Victory

Thoughts of a diversity of public and private citizens on the virtues of democracy, its faults, its decadence, its fall and the rise of populism.

It’s the 2014 midterms and residents of a South Florida retirement community feel the weight of democracy on their shoulders. In one of the...

As World War I rages, brave and youthful Australians Archy and Frank—both agile runners—become friends and enlist in the Australian and...

The multi-party democratic regime that we take for granted in Turkey today is actually the product of 23 years of struggle and search. From the...

During the Sarikamis Battle, the Ottoman army runs out of ammunition and appeals to the people of Van for help, who happen to have supplies. However,...

When the Chinese Communist Party backtracks on its promise of autonomy to Hong Kong, teenager Joshua Wong decides to save his city. Rallying...

Looking back at the turmoil of the 1950s today, it's hard not to be sad. Even though one knows the end of the story, he is always waiting for...

Some people have zeros, make big bucks. He becomes rich like the wives. Everyone talks about their money. As long as they are alive, they are always...

Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant...

May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a...

In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of...

Staff Colonel Talat Aydemir... Aydemir's February 22 rebellion was the first revolutionary attempt in Turkey that faced resistance. But it was also...