The New Message' and the Solution Process
The message of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan promises, with its most general terms, a quite different world from the 30-year-old clichés.
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The Gravity of the Solution Process
Öcalan becomes the first PKK actor who sees the disarmament of the PKK during the solution process not as a matter of choice but a necessity.
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If the PKK turns into a political actor and gives way to legal political channels, Turkey with this century-old political energy will not only guarantee social peace in a short period of time but also strengthen economic and political stability.
The U.S.-Turkey relationship took on a fresh dynamic with the onset of the Arab Spring in early 2011.
By creating restricted political openings, as was the case in the early 1990s, the king intended to coopt some opposition parties, which had been previously excluded from the political system.
it is clear that the post-2002 Middle East has new circumstances, and each actors ability to adapt to these will determine its future.
Turkey's Kurdish Problem
The real issue rose when Kurdish uprisings rose against Kemalism in response to the imposition of Turkification policies on Kurds, who were, in effect, natives of Anatolia.
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What Does Ergenekon Mean for Turkey's Center-Left Politics?
During Ergenekon hearing, CHP deputies joined forces with radical left actors including the Workers Party (İP) and the TGB.
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The congresss most outstanding contribution to the AK Party and Turkish politics was that it offered crucial hints to define the identity of the AK Party and the new dynamics of its politics.
Does the PKK, in the context of Turkey’s Kurdish question, intend to lay down its arms under any circumstance?
It is necessary to get rid of national security concerns based on false assumptions of past years in order to ensure social peace and regional effectiveness.
The final leg of support for the Syrian Ba’ath regime’s geopolitical comfort zone was the political climate generated by the other dictatorships in the area.
When the AK Party came to power in 2002, the people were finally able to say stop to the gang that took the state hostage during the 1990s.
The Kurdish political movement and PKK maintain discourses and activities similar to the ones they exhibited in old Turkey.
Egypt has to confront military tutelage, economic crisis, regional order and international dynamics all while learning the particulars of democratic political competition.
For the PKK, the process can only go from the initial “Defeat in the 1990s” to the “Second Defeat” in the 2010s.
SETA-DC PANEL DISCUSSION Chair: Kadir Ustun, SETA-DC Speakers: Daniel Levy, New America Fnd. Stevn A. Cook, Council on F.R. Erol Cebeci,SETA-DC Date: September 19, 2011 Monday Venue: SETA-DC, Washington
Any regional conflict in the Balkans, would not only allow the countries to drift into turmoil, but would also threaten the security of Europe.
Turkey's foreign minister talks about how the region has rediscovered its sense of possessing a common destiny.
