Does anyone remember how the war in Syria started?
A conference organized in Ankara by USAK on Turkish-Israeli relations in view of regional developments started with a heated debate when Professor Raphael Israeli attributed Turkey’s policies toward Israel to Turks’ hatred of the Jewish people
“It’s the economy, stupid!” This is pretty much how you can summarize the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) election campaign motto.
By calling the Armenian massacre during World War I genocide, the Vatican has joined the plot against Turkey, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu claimed
It would have been unrealistic to expect a new initiative for reconciliation between Armenia and Turkey while the former was preparing for the 100th anniversary and the latter for general elections.
Still, looking at Turkish society, you end up concluding that certain things about Turks might remain “almost” inexplicable.
The Justice and Development Party (AKP) nearing its third term in power can provide us an occasion to think about the legacy of the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan-Ahmet Davutoğlu duo’s performance during over a decade of foreign policy.
“I don’t say it impolitely, but I say it directly: I don’t want to see you here again,” said Muriel Domenach, the French Consul General in Istanbul, talking about her conversations with visa-seeking Turks.
Despite the rise in religious conservatism and erosion of certain secular values in the last decade, Turkey still differs tremendously from the other majority Muslim societies.
