Under the circumstances, it was no surprise that the NATO summit was not a complete disaster and instead an opportunity for the U.S. and the European Union to start talking about key issues.

There is a message for all in President Erdoğan's criticism of Chancellor Merkel's use of the phrase ‘Islamist terror,' as Muslims are the real victims of the terrorism

Mr. Erdoğan's reaction to his guest's references to "Islamist terrorism" provided valuable insights into their conversation

Washington's flawed Daesh policy, which was cooked for Barack Obama and reheated for Mr. Trump, pushed regional powers to use terrorist groups as proxies.

Mr. Trump's determination to work with Turkey has the potential to create a new trend of cooperation in re-designing the Middle East

If Trump continues to be manipulated by Obama's advisers to determine his Syria policy, he'll be remembered as a failed U.S. president in the future just like Obama

In Mr. Trump upcoming meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, he can fix his predecessor's mistakes.

When considering the Russian state as European and Western, the world may face a renewed global confrontation between different Western/European power blocs

Since the reversal of recent popular revolutions in the Arab world and the loss of political stability in the wake of several failed states, foreign meddling and proxy wars created a vicious circle whereby radicalism fed instability and instability fed deeper radicalism.

Western leaders should stop confessing and try repentance instead. The world would be a better place if they refrained from making mistakes on purpose

As we celebrate Ramadan Bayram under the shadow of coordinated DAESH terrorist attacks across the Muslim world, it is crystal clear that both the waves of terrorism accomplished with false Islamic rhetoric and a perverted approach to religious teachings pose an existential problem to Muslims

We should counter both the root causes of violent extremism and Western prejudice of Muslim communities

A recent report by SETA puts forth a detailed profile of steeply rising Islamophobic incidents in 25 European countries as terrorism and Islamophobia trigger each other

Obama told Charlie Rose about his administration's Middle East-focused foreign policies. This time, it was written all over his face in the interview that he was confessing his sins about the Syrian policy

The UNAOC initiative represented a perfect example of Turkey's proactive, multilateral diplomacy based on building international alliances around common principles and inclusiveness, contributing to innovative peace building through dialogue

Instead of focusing on not negotiating with legal actors in the Middle East to solve the current hot conflicts, the Obama administration tosses them out. Obama will probably have his name written on the lists of antagonists in history