Category: Commentary
The war between Armenia and Azerbaijan may produce only losers. Pictured: Rescue teams work at a site hit by a missile in the city of Ganja, Azerbaijan on October 17, 2020. The missile strike levelled ...
Turkey’s adventurist-in-chief. In 2010, Turkey’s “Zero Problems” foreign-policy doctrine was the marvel of the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the country was using diplomacy and commerce to develop ...
PEOPLE WERE hungry during lockdown. So Francis Zaake, a Ugandan member of parliament, bought some rice and sugar and had it delivered to his neediest constituents. For this charitable act, he was arrested. Mr Zaake ...
Kastellorizo is one of those places that might become a cause for war even though most people couldn’t find it on a map. The combatants would be Greece and Turkey, formally NATO “allies” but in ...
Turkey’s allegedly domestically built drones, which are mainly produced by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son-in-law, are in the spotlight again, following a Canadian decision to suspend export permits for drone technology to Turkey since it ...
“We should be in the field in order to be at the table.” So goes the motto that has underlain Turkey’s foreign interventions in recent years. The policy, which upholds Turkey’s involvement in conflicts beyond ...
Turkey is a land of outstanding natural beauty, with a rich cultural heritage stretching back thousands of years. But in recent decades much of this heritage has come under threat, as the government and multinational corporations look ...
Now-closed Kurdish language newspaper Azadiya Welat. Recent moves by the administration of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan targeting the Kurdish language have signaled a new wave of crackdowns on Kurds in Turkey. After removing elected Kurdish ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s fueling of hatred and hostility against Europe and the rest of the West does not seem a fit attitude either for Turkey’s European Union candidacy or its NATO membership. (Photo ...
More than 30% of Turkey’s K-12 students are at risk of falling behind in their education due to a lack of resources and infrastructural difficulties while public primary and secondary education in the country relies heavily on remote ...