The Judiciary Independent of Turkey
The legitimate politics is being attacked by judicial time bombs. All the bombs were set in and at different locations and times, and have been exploded simultaneously on the eve of 2014, the year that is expected to be Turkeys year of destiny.
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The Erdoğan Momentum' and the Kurdish Question
The most striking characteristic of the last five years is the Erdoğan momentum that has developed a constituent politics and created significant structural turning points when impasses occur.
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Taha Özhan: Hosting Massoud Barzani in Diyarbakır is a significant turning point which has a consistent decade-old background history, and we may regard it as an ultimate-point for the state.
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.
If Iran under Rouhanis leadership adopts a foreign policy based on less defiance and more cooperation, it can contribute to Turkeys regional vision that prioritizes stability and peace.
Today we are witnessing the emergence of a new extreme in US policy. Now it is not about what the US is doing but instead about what the US is not doing...
Is the World's Economic Center of Gravity Changing?
Although the 19th century was the European century and the 20th century was the American century, it is forecasted that the 21st century will transform into a more global century led by Asia.
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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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Croatia has officially become the 28th member state of the European Union on 1 July, 2013. Croatias membership to the European Union will probably pave the way for numerous political and economic developments and changes in the Balkans.
It is certain that the character assassination targeting PM Erdoğan through the Gezi Park protests does not expect to reach a conclusion right now. The aim of the character assassination is to obliterate Erdoğans decision-making capacity by 2015. At this point, Erdoğans leadership test begins.
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.
Erdoğan carried the country away from an undeclared bankruptcy into a great transformation in 10 years.
The last thing Turkey desires should be the entrapment of the solution process similar to that of Kirkuks.
The irony of the fate is that President of the United States Barack Obama had to broker Israels or the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus defeat to Turkey in the Middle East - though he could not wrestle with Israel in Washington.
In addition to a big plus in the diplomatic success column of Turkey, for the sake of being realistic however, the structural issues such as the Turkish-Israeli conflict over the regional vision and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, etc. should be taken into consideration.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visit was a quid pro quo for the active role Turkey played during the voting process.
Kemalism has maintained its course through a kind of political reincarnation and via different groups of elites. Today, we face a similar picture under several headings, from the Syrian revolt to the solution of the Kurdish question.
As long as the U.S. insists on the old order of the Middle East via its support for Israel, it will soon no longer possess the necessary political software to deal with the new Middle East.
The U.S.-Turkey relationship took on a fresh dynamic with the onset of the Arab Spring in early 2011.
During a period of crisis and uncertainty in the global markets, Turkey enjoyed both a balanced budget and a healthy environment for investment.
