“It is said that the stars are allied for finding a solution on the island. But I really don’t think it is these stars that are saying ‘let’s reach a solution.’
Ever since I started covering the Cyprus issue in 1990, I have heard two main things from Turkish officials, whom I considered to have the most rational and realistic approaches: 1 - The parameters of the solution are known to both sides, there’s no need to discover America over and over again
Ever since economic sanctions against Iran were officially lifted in mid-January, you could see this mood of overriding joy among the business community
There is a Turkish saying that goes “There is no religious holiday or any similar occasion; why did my brother-in-law kiss me?”
“The visit has achieved the objectives we set at the outset … To meet the Turkish prime minister and foreign minister, who can take on board the positions of the Greek Cypriot side,” said Greek Cypriot Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) head Andros Kyprianou on his return to the island after visiting Turkey over the weekend
In the past, the nature of regimes in Turkey and Iran pitted the two countries against each other, but that was before the advent of the Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Education is the most urgent issue, according to Murat Erdoğan, an Ankara-based academic who has been working intensively on the issue of Syrian refugees
The last days of 2015 saw a dramatic increase in air pollution levels in Istanbul
As pain is difficult to measure in Turkish, we sometimes use “the grief of losing a child,” as a reference point to try to quantify the amount of suffering
