The peace process, just as all other components of the Israeli occupation, is merely meant to maintain a permanent state of crisis management for a permanent occupation.
MoreThe Turkish-Kurdish peace process is facing challenges which can be ironed out only through politics not violence.
MoreFor all these years, neither the Ikhwan changed the state nor did the state change the Ikhwan.
This declaration is a large step towards protecting academic freedom to its full extent on campuses.
The disagreement between Turkey and the US on the Syrian issue and the coup détat in Egypt are contributing factors to increased criticism of Turkey in Washington.
At the moment, the Middle East is going through turbulent times. It is clear the end of this political crisis is not near.
The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) may become more isolated in doing politic as well. As it continues to carry the burden of progressive democratization all by itself, there is no reason for the AK Party not to maintain its political hegemony.
MoreThe US cannot overcome the fear, concerns and hesitations provoked by these specters and conduct a serious Syria-related discussion despite the humanitarian drama in Syria.
MoreAs the trial of ousted Morsi and top Ikhwan officials in Egypt begins on Monday, November 4, 2013, the opposition has already called this week a Trial of the Peoples Will in which demonstrations will be organized to protest the lawsuit against Morsi who was deposed by the military intervention on July 3, 2013.
As the presence of the foreign mainstream media in Turkey is felt more every day, young and unemployed foreigners who want to be journalists and free-lance reporters around the world rush to Turkey.
What matters is to establish relations between countries and societies on the grounds of a common future rather than experiences, enmities and prejudices of the past.
Unless the PKK perceives disarmament, not as leverage, but as the key to its own bargaining chip, it will not be able to achieve any founding political vision.