Monthly Archives: July 2013

The first and foremost pledge the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) made during the campaign period on the eve of national elections in June 2011 was to deliver a brand new constitution that espouses fundamental human rights, freedoms, … Continue reading →

The chilling effect of the Egyptian military coup on what seems to be promising relations between Turkey and the Gulf countries, primarily Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), due to Ankara’s strong disapproval of the way Egypt’s first … Continue reading →

As if a Turkish version of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)-sanctioned Operation Mockingbird, a secretive campaign to influence the media in the 1950s, had been launched by the Turkish spy agency, the National Intelligence Organization (MİT), there are dozens of … Continue reading →

The Turkish diplomatic engine has started sputtering with not-so-welcomed developments taking place in our neighborhood one by one, risking the alienation and isolation of once a shining beacon of democracy and a model country in the Middle East. Some of … Continue reading →

The recent Gezi Park protests and ensuing anti-government demonstrations in Turkey, the increasing signs of trouble in the settlement process with the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the growing uneasiness among millions of Alevis across the nation as well … Continue reading →

To some extent, Turkey’s strong condemnation for the forceful ouster of the first democratically elected president in Egypt by the military can be understood through a prism of its own domestic political experience, which had been interrupted by a military … Continue reading →