Killian Cogan

Killian Cogan, a freelance journalist primarily based in Turkey, focuses on religious and ethnic minorities as well as broader socio-cultural phenomena in the Middle East. His articles have appeared in Middle East Eye and The New Arab.

Turkey | Nov 14, 2019

US sanctions send Iranians to Turkey in droves

Turkey has continued to attract a steady trickle of economic migrants and asylum seekers from Iran.

Turkey | Aug 28, 2019

How cultural war made Ankara an architectural battleground

Ankara’s austere and minimalist flavor is a shock to many who are more accustomed to architecture around the Bosphorus, but for local residents, the city's gray buildings are icons from a cherished era.

A general view of residential and commercial areas in Ankara, Turkey, April 1, 2019. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RC1129626470

Turkey | Jan 8, 2019

Turkey abandons Uighurs in favor of Chinese investment

Turkey was once the Uighurs’ prime defender, offering easy citizenship to emigrants and speaking out against their mistreatment, but the recent economic rapprochement between Turkey and China has led Ankara to abandon its ethnic brothers.

Uighur refugee women walk where they are housed in a gated complex in the central city of Kayseri, Turkey, February 11, 2015. Thousands of members of China's Turkic language-speaking Muslim ethnic minority have reached Turkey, mostly since last year, infuriating Beijing, which accuses Ankara of helping its citizens flee unlawfully. Turkish officials deny playing any direct role in assisting the flight. Picture taken February 11, 2015. To match Insight TURKEY-CHINA/UIGHURS REUTERS/Umit Bektas - GM1EB7R1LSD01

Turkey | Nov 29, 2018

Turkey’s Kyrgyz colony struggles to keep traditional lifestyle alive

In eastern Anatolia, a village of Kyrgyz resettled from Afghanistan has become an unlikely tourism hub and a fortress of Turkish nationalism.

Tunisia | Aug 20, 2018

Newspaper keeps Italian heritage in Tunisia alive

Tunisia once hosted a significant Italian population, including the Finzi family, which founded Il Corriere di Tunisi, an Italian-language newspaper currently being kept afloat almost single-handedly by Silvia Finzi, an adamant defender of tolerance and multiculturalism.