The AK Party and Dec 17
On Dec. 17, 2013, an operation in which a group of irrelevant files of investigations and names were merged was carried out with the joint efforts of prosecutors and the police.
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Rational Dimension of Turkey-EU Relations
It is the requirement of rational politics for Turkey to have economic and political cooperation with all countries, notably with her neighbors.
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Corruption cases have a devastating impact on political parties. Turkey was recently hit by a corruption probe that shook the country's government. On December 17, 2013, Turkish police detained over 50 people as part of an investigation into alleged corruption.
Democracy cannot flourish in Turkey if Gulen Movement's parallel structure is not dismantled.
In a period where different political powers have come to terms and made a notable progress about the new administration, and while 96 percent of the relevant works are completed in Yemen, could the launch of a new movement to divide the country starting from the region of Hadramout be a coincidence?
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.
Kemalism and Normalization
Turkey will suffer from normalization pains just a while longer. Issues stemming from Kemalism will continue to plague our daily lives until the articles that regulate state-religion, military-civilian and state-citizen relations in the Constitution are amended.
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Enduring Economy Against the FED Decisions
In order to maintain stability in influx and out flux of capital, investment fund inflows should be encouraged and precautionary measures should be taken for the outflows. The Istanbul Finance Center project will prevent the capital in and out fluxes to be a factor of instability.
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In fact, the evidence suggests the contrary and that it is the Muslim democrats in the current government who initiated direct talks with the Kurds, the Alevis and the Roma people in Turkey for the first time in the Republic's history.
Unlike what many suppose, democracy is a regime where conservative governments conservative policies do not constitute ground for accusations of authoritarianism.
Most of the evaluations that have been made by the media and political circles regarding Turkish foreign policy in Syria have three characteristics in common: They are void of Syria, baseless and conspiratorial.
The AK Party, as the author of many firsts in the resolution of the Kurdish issue, has taken a huge lead over other parties.
That Turkey has not signed a new stand-by agreement with the IMF does not necessarily mean that Turkey IMF relations have come to an end.
The AK Party decade in Turkish foreign policy has been an age of change and transformation.
The dynamics of the current political climate in Turkey, which make impossible to create a new Constitution based on consensus among political parties, can be discussed under three headings.
Özkan: The death of Hugo Chavez signifies the end of a period in Latin Americas political history.
The U.S.-Turkey relationship took on a fresh dynamic with the onset of the Arab Spring in early 2011.
it is clear that the post-2002 Middle East has new circumstances, and each actors ability to adapt to these will determine its future.
The AK Party, hopefully, will make a correct evaluation and put forth a democratic vision for constructing the new Turkey.
