Monthly Archives: March 2011

The latest brouhaha over the prosecutors’ investigations peeling another layer off Turkey’s Ergenekon terrorist network is a clear indicator that the vicious hate-mongering organization, with plots to kill Christians and Jews in a Muslim-majority country, still has operational capabilities to … Continue reading →

Turkey is walking down a thin gray line in pursuing a third way to diffuse the conflict between forces loyal to Gaddafi and rebels in Libya from escalating into a major humanitarian crisis. The events unfolding in Libya are far … Continue reading →

A lot of talk has been going around lately that a Sunni-Shiite conflict is looming on the horizon that could engulf the whole Middle East with sectarian wars pitting Muslim nations against each other. Many Arab diplomats in the Turkish … Continue reading →

The upcoming national elections on June 12 will set the tone as a run-up campaign in the presidential race for 2012 or 2014, depending on the decision by the election commission. That is why most political actors in Turkey seem … Continue reading →

I believe the level of political cooperation between Turkey and Russia dwarfs the economic and cultural cooperation and does not really reflect the growing momentum in bilateral ties that was strengthened last year with the decision to establish a High-Level … Continue reading →

Should Turkey join the European Union now that the 27-member bloc is having a hard time coping with the aftershocks of the global economic crisis in the eurozone? Does it make any sense to be a member of the bloc … Continue reading →

Not every foreigner is naive and confused over what has been happening lately in Turkey, following the recent arrest of two journalists who were allegedly involved in the media leg of the Ergenekon terror machine, a clandestine network of people … Continue reading →

Well, they did it again. The board members that are supposed to uphold the very rights of people to vote in elections decided to disenfranchise millions of Turks living abroad. Why? Obviously, for no good reason. Citing technical difficulties, the … Continue reading →