If I were Nicolas Sarkozy, I would not take the Turkish reaction too seriously.
Despite efforts to improve the image of Arabs by the ruling party, this nation still has what I can call the 'Lawrence of Arabia' trauma.
Nearly a year ago, I reported in the Hürriyet Daily News about the concerns about a new law bringing radical changes to the structuring of the Foreign Ministry.
The realization of an energy pipeline project is like a marathon. It takes years for the first shovel to hit the ground for constructing the pipeline.
Half of the audience attending an international conference in Istanbul last week laughed when a U.S. Congressmen said, “I don’t know, of course, whether Turkey will enter the European Union in the future or if...
The year 2012 will mark the 60th year of Turkey’s membership in NATO. With the decline in Turkey’s public support for NATO, it would be naive to expect any celebrations.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continues to criticize French President Nicolas Sarkozy rather than the British premier.
“I am no longer surprised by the surprise capacity of the Turkish prime minister,” said an observer of Turkey who is based in Brussels.
A quick scan of foreign policy analysts’ articles in newspapers that don’t generally support the government will show that the cliché of “from zero problems to many problems with neighbors” has become the new phrase of the day.
