Considering recent history, it must seem highly ironic to hear Syrian President Bashar al-Assad say he is backing Turkey’s fight against terrorism. Approximately 10 years ago, Syria was facing exactly the same position that Iraq is facing today.
In the 1990s, it was Syria under the rule of Bashar’s late father Hafiz Esad that […]
Representatives of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) are in Turkey for a three-day conference. Among fifty countries that qualify to be a LDC, are small island states like Vanuatu or Kiribati, the very existence of which is probably unknown to the majority of Turks. The yearly meeting of the LDC is being held in Istanbul […]
“A senior level official of the European Union is assassinated. Turkish forces enter the green zone on the island after escalating skirmishes in no man’s land. How will the EU react?”
Europe based think- tanks are busy nowadays figuring out how Turkey’s relations with the EU will proceed after the elections. I am doubtful […]
American News Agency Associated Press filed a very interesting story few days after the funeral ceremony of the late President of Turkmenistan, Saparmurad Turkmenbashi. The story was about the strong presence of Turkey in the funeral, which was attended by a big delegation headed by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The story provided interesting details. […]
What is particularly discouraging is that the OSCE Representative has not yet come to recognize that he has to do something about xenophobia and religious intolerance in Western media.
When the position of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media was established in 1997, early signs of […]