The July 15 coup attempt in Turkey can be described as an operation that was made as part of the global war on Islam

In truth, the matter is that Erdoğan and the political party of which he is the leader fit into the center of Turkey's administration and do away with bureaucratic oligarchy.

Turkey learned much from the Arab Spring process, and especially the Syrian civil war. This learning period was directly reflected in Erdoğan's policies.

Today, the AK Party no longer has to try and prove its legitimacy. After all, it was the party's ability to survive the smear campaigns that shaped its brand of politics.

With the consolidation of the presidential system, international observers might brace themselves for a fast-thinking, fast-acting Turkey

President Erdoğan's Diyarbakır meeting played a big role in changing the way that Turkey's Kurds, who are indifferent toward the proposed changes, think about the April vote

The argument from the ‘no' camp that claims the opposition to the referendum is the same as fighting the War of Independence will certainly backfire

A look at how the sequence of political crises have harmed Turkey for years is enough to show why Turkey needs to take this reform step in the April referendum

In a nutshell, the opposition's campaign rhetoric for the April referendum is a repetition of its obsessive anti-Erdoğan rhetoric, while those in favor of switching to the presidential system are able to clarify what the change will bring to Turkey

New systems of government are a practical necessity, rather than a matter of ideological preference.

To strengthen economic relations, Turkey and Qatar should finalize the ongoing free trade agreement negotiations, enable the use of local currencies as the medium of exchange in bilateral trade, and investment agencies from both countries should work together.

Turkey will continue to resist speculative attacks orchestrated by domestic and international investors with an optimal mixture of prudent governance and counter-speculative moves made by key market players

The public debate on constitutional reform and presidentialism is symptomatic of broader changes in state-society relations in Turkey

The EU countries failed to deal with domestic challenges, and the rise of cultural and moral crises

The coup attempt was unorthodox because it was executed outside of the chain of command, i.e. not by orders from the central command of the Chief of Staff, but rather by military units controlled by Gülenist coup plotters from different divisions within the military

The Chilcott report claims that things in the Middle East would be quite different than the current situation if the U.S. and U.K. decision makers at the time of the Iraq war had pursued a logical strategy

The EU's systematic search to keep Turkey outside is shrinking Europe and putting the European Union project into a crisis