The World Economic Forum’s special meeting in Istanbul was attended at the highest level by the government.
'With Qatar slowly backing down, Turkey will be left alone in its ambivalent stance about joining the international efforts to fight ISIL,' a European diplomat said
“Is Turkey becoming like the ‘old Turkey’?” a European ambassador asked me recently.
Exactly last year, at around this time, just as the European Commission was about to release its progress report on Turkey, we found out that the Commission’s envoy in Ankara, Jean Maurice Ripert, had been appointed as France’s new ambassador to Moscow.
I first understood that 62 percent of Turks did not consider ISIL a terrorist organization. Apparently it was the other way around
Turkey is world famous for its hospitality. Yet the polls also show that Turks only like themselves. The Transatlantic Trends survey released yesterday provides interesting info about Turks’ attitudes toward the Syrian refugees
It might sound a bit of a simplification but I might perhaps dare to say that looking from the outside at Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)
Semantics are crucial in the functioning of the European Union
While measures were taken by Turkish missions abroad to have a smooth voting process, the low turnout (just 8.32 percent) came as a shock
