The year we have left behind was the 50th anniversary of the deportation of the Istanbul Rums. The year we entered marks the 100th anniversary of another tragedy of another of Anatolia’s ancient population, the Armenians
Half of the Turkish population is unhappy with the ruling AKP administration. There is a group among them who are quite well-off, yet are also the most angry and frustrated
Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute, does not beat around the bush. 'On Syria, Turkey needs to cut and run. Built a wall on its border and turn away,' he said
I have to admit, I do agree with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan! He was surprised by the European Union’s critical statement about the arrests of journalists and media representatives that took place Sunday, Dec. 14.
The advent of Today’s Zaman was certainly good news for the Hürriyet Daily News. Developing a rival is always good for any establishment that enjoyed being the sole player for decades in a given sector.
A lot of the credit must goes to Turkish citizens, said Kamal Malhotra, the U.N.’s envoy to Ankara regarding Turkey’s hosting of at least 1.6 million Syrian refugees.
It is no secret that the low voter turnout in the August presidential elections among voters abroad caught the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) by surprise, and proved to be a disappointment.
Listening to our colleagues from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa, we, a group of Turkish journalists and academics, felt we were not alone in our frustration with issues like a lack of public reaction to corruption allegations
'All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.' Tolstoy’s line from his novel 'Anna Karenina' was reminded to us by Fabio Ostermann
