Have you ever heard of the blood miracle of St. Januarius (also known as San Gennaro)? Januarius is a saint and martyr in both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions. Legend has it he was bishop of Benevento beheaded at the hands of Emperor Diocletianus in 305 A.D. at Pozzuoli. Later, his body was transferred […]
Dear friends,
We read your declaration published in the International Herald Tribune on May 16 and have grasped the “unambiguous” message you sent us in these indeed “fraught” circumstances. We have also appreciated your call on the European governments “to reaffirm the promises and commitments that the EU has made in the past.”
In […]
I am increasingly becoming annoyed by what is being passed as intellectual discussion in this country. I regret to say it, but discussion in Turkish intellectual life has absurdly come to mean agitation.
Have you ever read George Orwell’s magnificent piece on World War II era pamphlets?
In his editorial for the Tribune in 1944, […]
We should be honest with each other. In that respect, northern Iraq is a good place to start. One step backward is what the Turks are expecting from their US allies. Adjustment is what is essentially required at this stage.
I have closely followed the remarks made by influential U.S. officials over the last 10 […]
The current general mood among the Turkish public and the ranks of the Turkish establishment in particular is actually little different from the fall of 1998, when Ankara discreetly threatened to use military force against Syria for harbouring PKK terrorists responsible for cross-border attacks.
Due to the domestic consequences of the ongoing political mess in […]