Monthly Archives: February 2015

The latest casualty of the wrong choices in foreign policy by the political Islamist government in Turkey, as part of a long list of failures stemming from ideological blindness and an adversarial anti-Arab establishment policy, is the rupture in ties … Continue reading →

Ahead of the June parliamentary elections, speculation is once again on the rise in the Turkish capital that embattled President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his allies in the government will likely orchestrate yet another wave of sex tape leaks that … Continue reading →

The rumors that have been circulating about the physical and psychological well-being of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were fanned in the last two weeks with fresh claims by the country’s popular whistleblower Fuat Avni, who said the president took … Continue reading →

Chatterbox President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s radical political beliefs — deeply rooted in political Islamist ideology and a pro-Iranian perspective — which have unfortunately manifested themselves not only in the official narrative but also in policy decisions, have led to Turkey … Continue reading →

The immense pressure brought to bear by Turkey’s authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his allies in the government on newly established and genuinely independent opposition parties as well as on the traditional ones in Turkey has certainly reached unprecedented … Continue reading →

Against the background of escalating government repression, suspension of the rule of law and the trampling of fundamental rights and freedoms, the opposition political parties in Turkey are challenged to contest crucial parliamentary elections on June 7 in a campaign … Continue reading →