“Look at the position of Kurdish women,” a friend of mine living in the United States told me last year. “They impressed the American public with all those pictures of women fighting against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant [ISIL],” he added.
One has to admit that what first attracted Turkish tourists to Greece in the beginning was a more satisfactory price-quality balance compared to Turkey.
“I am shocked by the tourist profile coming to Cunda these days. Where do they come from? Why do they come if they aren’t going to spend any money?” That is what taxi driver from a village near the idyllic Aegean town of Ayvalık told me recently.
Zaytung, the Turkish version of The Onion, wrote that “Greece declared a state of emergency,” following the decision of the Turkish government to extend the Feast of Sacrifice holiday to 10 days due to start this Saturday.
As peace talks between the supposedly most pro-solution leaders of the divided island of Cyprus have collapsed; the answer to “what now” lingers in the air.
Before the division of Cyprus in 1974, Varosha - a resort town in Famagusta - was booming. The coastline was reportedly a destination for film stars like Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
In 2004, the UN negotiated the Annan Plan for Cyprus. The Turkish side had accepted the return of the Güzelyurt (Morphu) region which was almost entirely inhabited by Greek Cypriots before the division of the island.
Turkish democrats have for decades been critical of the military’s role in civilian life. They have also been critical of the ideological indoctrination that soldiers have been subjected to, starting from the early stages.
If you want to attract the attention of Western public opinion through media about Turkey, there are some key words one should use
