No one among Turkey’s politicians wants an early election… Read more
IHH’s double identity… Continue reading
The Turkish-Iranian relationship is primed for problems due to differing geopolitical and sectarian interests… Continue reading
Much is made of the grand strategy of the Turkish-Kurdish energy puzzle… Continue reading
The AKP is conducting a “psychological war” rather than sincerely trying to solve the Kurdish Issue… Continue reading
On November 26, 2012, several newspapers reported that Israel and Turkey had resumed reconciliation talks between senior officials, marking a profound change since the low-point in relations occurred in the aftermath of the Gaza aid flotilla in 2010… Continue reading
Turkish-Azerbaijani relations have been on the rebound in recent months since the Turkish-Armenian reconciliation effort has effectively collapsed over differences… Continue reading
The sentences in the Sledgehammer trial demonstrate the subjugation of the military to civilian, democratic, legal authority… Continue reading
On June 14, 2012, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan publicly invited Fethullah Gülen, the leader of the powerful Gülen Movement, to return to Turkey from self-imposed exile in the United States… Continue reading
Hardly surprising, deeply upsetting, and geostrategically catastrophic, it’s official. Turkey has now passed over towards being an Islamist state… Continue reading
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party is demonstrating an unwillingness to leave any room in society to those who are not its supporters… Continue reading
If you want a sense of where the Middle East is going, consider this viewpoint from an unlikely source… Continue reading
Countries may vary, but civilization is one, and for a nation to progress, it must take part in this one civilization… Continue reading
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