The more Turkey’s civil society is strengthened, the more this country can be a role model for its region and beyond in the Muslim world.
Earlier this summer, talking at a conference organized by the Press and Publications Department of the Prime Ministry for local media members in Adana, I had shocked the audience […]
The Istanbul meeting of the neighbors of Iraq might have provided an opportunity for a Turkish-Iraqi summit on security cooperation. However, Talabani is not invited and is not coming.
Despite all the remarks by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, including the one that “Fatma may go on holiday” – an allusion to the “Ayşe […]
Rather than restricting press freedom, the government must consider better informing the media and preventing speculation.
Retired generals with thick eyebrows have been appearing on TV screens or giving interviews to news people, elaborating on Turkey’s possible reaction to increased terrorist attacks, which points along the Turkish-Iraqi joint border Turkish troops could enter northern Iraq, […]
It’s perhaps high time to make a realistic evaluation of the problem we have.
Emotions are high. The nation is in deep pain, mourning for the fallen sons. People have taken to the streets, demonstrating their anger all around the country with the separatist terrorists as well as those who have been sheltering, aiding […]
Two reports coincided Sunday, demonstrating the gravity of the situation Turkey is facing: 1- Separatist terrorists staged a cross-border attack from Iraq killing scores of Turkish soldiers. 2- Iraqi Parliament condemned Turkey’s parliamentary authorization for cross-border operation on PKK.
As if to provoke Turkey at a time when the Turkish nation was shocked Sunday with […]