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In the wake of İzmir’s Europe Day celebrations, Erospolis takes a look at how İzmir, the city that considers itself Turkey’s most European spot, feels about the European Union.

Prepare for a lot of clichés on motherhood and mothers this weekend as Turkey celebrates Mother’s Day. EROSPOLIS takes a look at the Turkish middle class moms as “outsourcing” and “helicoptering” become buzzwords.

A small, single poster saying “Refugees Welcome” greeted the first batch of refugees who arrived in the Aegean port of Dikili on April 4. The first group of refugees, Afghans, Pakistanis and some Syrians in three separate boats from the Greek island of Lesbos, displayed grim faces, with no trace of joy or relief, as they were escorted to the makeshift registration center.

What fools we were as we struggled for equal rights at home and work, in word and deed!

Karşıyaka Municipality’s March 8 posters, which cap sentences by AKP members with the slogan “none of your business,” coincide with Davutoğlu’s first post-election visit to İzmir. But it is President Erdoğan who subs campaign.

The air is heavy with the smell of milk, vanilla and coffee. The strange marriage of wrought iron dominates the decorations. The coffee-counter sports strange flasks that should belong in a lab. I am in one of the “third generation coffee shops” with snazzy names like “Overdose” or “Awake” or “Baristocrat” in downtown İzmir. The hip […]

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