In the second smallest member of the nostalgic cluster of Prince’s Islands, where I am currently living, nothing would disturb our lazy lives this July. Not even the general elections in two weeks time.A minute pixel of old Ottoman Turkey, this small island is seeing its Turkish, Rum (Greek), Jewish, Levantine, Armenian, Kurdish, German inhabitants go […]
When I visited Sudan about seven years ago, international media was not wrestling over a better popular coverage on ‘Save Darfur’ and most Sudanese considered foreigners Chinese (literally), including me. Moreover, the streets of the capital Khartoum were covered as ever with sand and dust.The situation has changed since then. I don’t know whether there […]
The US stance toward the efforts of Turkey to fight against the terrorism does not conform with the interests of Washington.
Once again, the Middle East has been gripped by the chaos first sparked by the occupation of Iraq in March 2003. Under the spotlight of these developments, the advent of peace and welfare is […]
Is it not better to increase our historic knowledge instead of editing history? And is it not high time to include 1000 years of Byzantium on top of the 554 years of Turks in order to improve our perception of Istanbul?
I may be totally wrong. But after living in Istanbul for over ten years, […]
The problematic relationship between human rights and security measures – especially measures adopted as a response to terrorism – is not a new phenomenon and it existed long before September 11, 2001. But on the other hand perhaps it wouldn’t be too exaggerated to say that it “gained greater publicity” after a general public became […]