Monthly Archives: January 2015

Turkey’s deplorable human rights record, particularly regarding the terrible situation of press freedoms and a partisan judiciary, was registered at the highest level this week when many of the 193 UN member states raised serious concerns about the backslide that … Continue reading →

Political Islamists and pro-Iranian senior officials in the Turkish government have hushed up a crucial investigation into the deadly Iran-backed Tawhid-Salam terrorist network, which was responsible for the murder of journalist Uğur Mumcu, a columnist with the Cumhuriyet daily. The … Continue reading →

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s off-the-cuff and cheap-shot public remarks made during visits abroad, reflecting the government’s fantasy of being the new Ottomans and made in order to bolster domestic political aims, has unfortunately reinforced the worrisome perception that Turkey, under … Continue reading →

Turkey’s political Islamists are trying to sell what used to be an effective, streamlined and improved cooperation between the prosecutor’s office and the police force for the purpose of achieving greater prosecutorial success in court as proof that there is … Continue reading →

The overzealous henchmen of Turkey’s authoritarian leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, are determined to use any means necessary, including provoking a war with Syria or staging bloody terrorist acts inside Turkey, to make sure the small oligarchic cadre of Islamists … Continue reading →

Since political Islamists and pro-Iranian factions took the reins in Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) after they effectively marginalized moderate conservatives, liberals and social democratic wings following the 2011 elections, they have been trying to rebuild the civil … Continue reading →

The restrained reaction of the ruling political Islamist establishment in Turkey to the despicable killing of 12 people at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and the provocative headlines in government-subsidized media effectively “justifying” the attack have exposed once again the … Continue reading →

Turkey’s combative president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has miscalculated in believing that the fatigue factor will set in on the opposition with his strategy of buying off and intimidating the critical and independent media, narrowing political space for dissent, partisan interference … Continue reading →

Fearing that more skeletons stacked up in the government’s closets will be uncovered, the authoritarian regime of political Islamists in Turkey has been dismantling the police force, the main law enforcement agency that has been an effective organization in dealing … Continue reading →