Monthly Archives: June 2014

The blatant interference of Turkey’s top political Islamist, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, into other country’s affairs comes with a hefty price tag, which his countrymen will have to pay irrespective of whether citizens care about the reputation of their leader globally … Continue reading →

Perhaps drawing on an example set by Iran’s authoritarian and highly intrusive regime, Turkey’s beleaguered prime minister and the presumptive nominee for the presidency Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who called Iran his second home, has built a potent propaganda machine to … Continue reading →

Egypt will only return to reclaim its well-deserved title of leading the Arab world when it seriously starts addressing challenges that have placed its fundamental cultural values, rooted in arts, heritage, religion, media, education and youth, under a strenuous stress … Continue reading →

After exporting the divisive themes in Turkish society to some 3 million expats living in Germany a month ago with his controversial visit ahead of the presidential election, Turkey’s divider-in-chief, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan did the same in Austria … Continue reading →

With increasingly aggressive and intolerant posturing, Turkey’s controversial prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been rapidly transforming what used to be a successful progressive party, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), into an organization that mainly features the characteristics … Continue reading →

If the government in Turkey, dominated by political Islamists, keeps downplaying the serious warnings raised by Celalettin Lekesiz, the governor of Hatay, a border province, about the alarming activity inside Turkish territory of the militant organization the Islamic State of … Continue reading →

Millions of dollars spent by the European Union and the Council of Europe (CoE) on programs to help Turkey overhaul its criminal justice system and train members of the judiciary and police have all been wasted, thanks but no thanks … Continue reading →

Top Turkish political Islamist Prime Minster Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s increasingly assertive and authoritarian policies, which are doomed to eventually fail given the vibrancy and dynamism of Turkish society, will nevertheless inflict significant damage on Turkish democracy. These policies seem to … Continue reading →

Just like the recently passed intelligence legislation that Turkish spymaster Hakan Fidan lobbied hard for with Islamist politicians, including the Turkish president and prime minister, since the intel chief considered it a crucial tool to allow to him to restructure … Continue reading →