Category: Commentary
In a recent speech in his Çankaya Palace in Ankara to EU countries’ ambassadors, Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan proclaimed that: “The EU accepting Turkey as a full member will be an ontological choice in ...
The Kurds of Iraq pin great hopes on US President Joe Biden, viewing him as the most pro-Kurdish American politician ever. In the past he displayed concern for their plight, and as vice president under ...
Over the last couple of months, the world has observed a relatively surprising picture: a kind and gentle Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He is ready to embrace Israel, declare the future of Turkey in the European Union (EU), ...
With the inauguration of Joe Biden as US president, Turkey’s designated nemesis, Brett McGurk, has formally taken over his new position as the National Security Council coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa. “The McGurk ...
A group that goes by the name Ansar Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Brigade claimed responsibility for an attack on a Turkish army post in the western countryside of Aleppo on Jan. 16. The group published a statement ...
Erdoğan reaches out to Athens and Paris as bloc considers further sanctions. A charm offensive by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has put the EU in a bind over whether to press ahead with further sanctions ...
President Erdoğan and his ally, MHP leader Bahçeli, met for three times in less than a week. (Photo: Presidency) The real tremors and transformation pain of the People’s Alliance intensify on the ideological ground, the ...
White House not expected to stay silent as Turkish Kurds’ rights are violated and their Syrian and Iraqi brethren are targeted Biden has openly called Erdogan an autocrat, indicating he may be far less accommodating ...
The judge representing Turkey on the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) dissents from majority opinions in cases whose applicants are political critics of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, taking an explicit stance in line with local ...
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has climbed back on his favorite economic hobby horse, resuming his quixotic charge against high interest rates. This augurs ill for Turkey’s economy, which has historically paid a large price for the ...