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Reflecting on Greece's national anniversaries, Mitsotakis expressed pride in Thessaloniki's liberation from the Ottomans on October 26, 1912 and the historic "Ochi" ("No") of October 28, 1940, while emphasizing Greece's role as a stable force in a volatile region.

After the end of the 1967-1974 military dictatorship, we, as a society, decided that authoritarianism and the unchecked actions of the state's repressive mechanisms had to be brought to an end - and rightly so. The gendarme had to be removed from the life of the Greek citizen, both literally and figuratively. We also accepted that democracy would not be cost-free.

The Institute for Democracy, Media and Culture NGO launched a petition on Thursday evening in Tirana which will be presented to parliament calling for legislation to curb the enduring influence of dictator Enver Hoxha's former Communist regime.

Spanish authorities will remove Francisco Franco's remains from a state mausoleum on Oct. 24, seeking to exorcise the ghost of a dictator whose legacy still divides the country more than four decades after his death.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte hailed late dictator Ferdinand Marcos as a hero for many Filipinos during a weekend of emotional celebrations by supporters of the former strongman ahead of his 100th birth anniversary today.

A former Turkish judge at the European Court of Human Rights, Rıza Türmen, wrote a piece titled "A 10-question guide to evaluate the constitution," for the news website t24.com.tr, where he refers to a distinction German jurist Carl Schmitt has made between constitutions as "resilient to dictatorships and non-resilient to dictatorships." 

Eerie images of former Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin’s summer home show the extensive lengths he went to to hide away from the public while on holiday.
Hidden deep in a forest off of Lake Ritsa in Abkhazia, an autonomous region of Georgia – the modest property is hard to find.

I decided that "comparative politics" is the best way to avoid my hopelessness concerning Turkey's politics. I think that, after all, there are many other countries in bad shape all over the world, and even the most advanced countries can be on the list nowadays.

There are plenty of TV news channels in Turkey, but among them, CNN Türk stands out. For most of the "news channels" are actually propaganda outlets - the overwhelming majority of them for the government, just a few of them against the government. CNN Türk, however, tries to be non-partisan and objective.

An investigation was launched on Jan. 25 into CNN Türk on claims that the private broadcaster "insulted" President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an during a news report on a recent lawsuit opened by Erdo?an against Turkey's main opposition leader.