Between the Privilege of Committing Crime and Political Freedoms: Parliamentary Immunities in Turkey
Immunities go beyond the protection of legislative functions, and therefore of public interest, and provide deputies the privilege of crime.
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Turkey Debates Presidentialism: Lost in Translation
Presidentialism is a democratic government system; ideally, it will not allow for the violation of the rule of law.
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The doctrines of President George W. Bush and Obama made long-term uncertainty innate to the region, which would change the security and alliance structures of the Middle East. But how?
Turkey's current central banking framework was structured in the aftermath of the twin crises in 2000-2001 and reflects the exclusive priority to maintain price stability and control inflation.
Iraq and Syria will haunt Obama's legacy in the future and, for many, the emergence and rise of DAESH and failure to destroy the organization will also leave a stain
The United States' failure to manage the Arab Spring revolutions coupled with its failure to enforce its red line following the Ghouta chemical attack raises questions among Saudi Arabia's ruling elite about Washington's reliability as an ally
What Is the US Trying to Do?
Instead of focusing on not negotiating with legal actors in the Middle East to solve the current hot conflicts, the Obama administration tosses them out. Obama will probably have his name written on the lists of antagonists in history
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Mr. Bharara Not Accepting Gifts Just For Doing His Job
The arrest of Iranian-Turkish businessman Reza Zerrab in Miami does not give any message as thought by the Turkish opposition - it only shows that a U.S. attorney did his duty
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Developing cooperative efforts to diversify the economic structure of the group turns out to be a significant task.
If the Japanese government is determined to become more visible in global politics, it should make the most of opportunities such as the Syrian crisis to take the first step in convincing the international community
Criticizing Turkey has been a popular sport in Western capitals. It would appear that they will continue talking for some time. In April, their main focus will be charges of Armenian genocide, to which Turkey must respond with rational policies able to cut through the noise.
Dr. Farid Hafez from the University of Salzburg and Dr. Enes Bayraklı from SETA analyze Islamophobia in Europe vis-a-vis their new annual report, 'European Islamophobia Report 2015'
