Suna Erdem
04 November 2021
Government forced into extraordinary climbdown over parliamentary standards system
In the latest u-turn from the government, Boris Johnson has relented to pressure from the Daily Mail over how MPs are policed.
Read the full article04 November 2021
The cities hitting back at Airbnb
What began as a friendly alternative to costly hotels is displacing locals and turning community areas into tourist-only playgrounds.
Read the full article03 November 2021
Johnson under fire for government’s impunity before the rules
All the while, Labour's deputy leader at PMQs served Boris Johnson with a reminder that the Tories cannot go on cheating the public forever.
Read the full article29 October 2021
Britain faces ‘Schindler’s List’ moment over Afghanistan, says Helena Kennedy
The UK encouraged Afghan women to take up top judicial roles. Now they need, and deserve, our help, argues Baroness Kennedy.
Read the full article26 October 2021
The rise of the scam artist
As art has gone bling, so too has art fraud, with a series of sophisticated fakes and cons now sweeping the world.
Read the full article21 October 2021
Why do politicians like Dominic Raab want us to hate human rights?
The new justice secretary appears to be leading the Tories' assault on European Convention on Human Rights.
Read the full article18 October 2021
How Korean culture took over the world
Netflix hit Squid Game is only one manifestation of how South Korea has exported its artistic output across the globe. SUNA ERDEM reports on an unlikely success story that also exposes the country’s dark hinterland
Read the full article12 October 2021
The EU must act now to avoid ‘Polexit’
Huge crowds may have gathered to oppose ‘Polexit’, but the gauntlet thrown down by the country’s populist government still poses an existential threat to the union.
Read the full article30 September 2021
Death on the Seine: The massacre that shames France
This month marks the anniversary of a bloodbath in the centre of Paris, the full story of which is yet to emerge. SUNA ERDEM reports on a tragedy that continues to haunt France.
Read the full article23 September 2021
The ray of hope for progressives coming from Europe
After a dismal decade for centre left parties on the continent, there are now some positive signs tempered by a widespread failure to connect with voters.
Read the full article23 September 2021
Monaco: Still Europe’s shadiest square mile
Sunshine, super-riches... and sleaze. Monaco sits like a melanoma on the Med, a city state throwback autocracy where anything goes - except the payment of taxes. Now the glamour that has always masked the iniquity is overshadowed by a Prince whose personal life is again coming under uncomfortable scrutiny.
Read the full article16 September 2021
The European states failing to protect journalists investigating corruption
The murder of journalists calls into question the ability or willingness of some European states to safeguard the freedom of journalists.
Read the full article10 August 2021
The sleepy German backwater that also happens to be a recipe for levelling society up
SUNA ERDEM reports on a sleepy area of Germany, devoid of big cities and obvious structural advantages, whose economic success is defying orthodoxy and attracting attention as a model for levelling up left-behind regions
Read the full article25 July 2021
Lord Kerslake: “Regional levelling up benefits us all … including the south”
22 June 2021
The mob boss, his YouTube channel and an epic vendetta
Turkey has been gripped by a scandal involving a mafia boss on the run making extraordinary allegations about the country's political elite
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15 July 2020
The Hagia Sophia: How Erdogan’s decision could backfire on the Turkish president
19 June 2020
We need to get a grip on education and the growing attainment gap
11 May 2020
The book that led to Priti Patel and Dominic Raab rising to the top
20 June 2019
SUNA ERDEM: Bosphorous Showdown – Turks return to polls in Instanbul
17 July 2017
What age is appropriate to encourage children to take an interest in politics?
