Monthly Archives: July 2011

It took almost 20 years for European countries to label the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) a terrorist organization. It was only after the 9/11 attacks that the EU, under US pressure, started to take action against the vicious terror … Continue reading →

“Unfortunately, I never had a chance to live my youth fully,” said Ganira Pashayeva, a member of parliament from Azerbaijan, on the way from Baku to her constituency in the Tovuz region last week. She was just 13 when Armenian … Continue reading →

Armenia as number two in the ranking of “The World’s Worst Economies” in US business magazine Forbes should ring the alarm bells for this landlocked country in the Southern Caucasus. It made one thing crystal clear: The continuation of the … Continue reading →

I was surprised to see that the first legislative proposal the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) submitted to Parliament was to abolish the special heavy penal courts, also known as specially authorized regional serious felony courts. It was the … Continue reading →

It is amazing to see how Turkey’s main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), is suddenly experiencing a memory recall, which has exposed an ongoing major structural legal problem in Turkey, i.e., the violation of articles of the European … Continue reading →

It was not too long before Turkey’s main opposition party leader, with a condescending attitude, called on the embattled Greek prime minister, whose country had plunged into financial crisis, and said, “Hold on Georgios, we are coming to power to … Continue reading →