Instead of complaining about Russia, US must repair ties with Turkey
The U.S.' misguided actions and the EU's passive stance toward the Middle East and the Syrian civil war have laid the groundwork for the Turkish-Russian rapprochement
More
Celebrating the Republic with concrete action
By completing megaprojects like Istanbul's new airport, Turkey is setting an example for the entire region by promoting closer integration with the rest of the world, pursuing its national interest and promoting an inclusive national identity
More
Two prominent regional powers in the Middle East made headlines this week for entirely different reasons.
Riyadh has finally admitted that the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's killing was planned.
A Turkish court released pastor Andrew Brunson from house arrest last week. His trial had brought Turkey-U.S. relations to a historical low. Over the last two years, the issue dominated the agenda of every meeting between the high-level officials of both countries.
Policies of ‘organizing’, ‘controlling’ and ‘modernizing’ Islam stem from the old colonial discourse that promotes the domestication of the ‘good Arab’
Islamophobes contemplate a civil war in France
The escalating violence in French media continues to worsen every day. I am surprised that my fellow citizens are encouraging a possible civil war in France with calmness and serenity, as if it were a normal scenario we should anticipate in the short or long term.
More
Syria and US credibility
The U.S. policy on Syria over the last seven years has been nothing short of an enigma...
More
Political actors and media organizations need to follow a solutions-oriented policy for ongoing global crises
The normalization of Turkey-EU relations is a development that inspires hope, even as global concerns such as migration, populism, the trade war, security threats and so on grow more intense
Under the Trump administration, the United States will continue to ignore its global responsibilities.
Turkey's purpose at the U.N. summit was to draw global attention to the alarming fact that the liberal world order is beginning to disintegrate
Turkey and Germany need each other more than ever to address and manage common threats such as trade wars, migration issues and security strategies, to name but a few pressing issues
Almost everyone agrees that there is a need for serious change in the structure of the U.N. However, there is no agreement on the nature and the direction of this change
It is high time for the international community to develop problem-solving mechanisms to manage world conflicts; the first changes must begin with reforming the idle and ineffective United Nations system
If Russia and Turkey can make the Idlib deal work, their cooperation in Syria will mean the two countries have crossed a strategic threshold
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Monday. .
Regional and global actors cannot reach common ground in order to end the Idlib crisis, signaling that the Syrian civil war will most probably get worse in the future
The crisis in Idlib has brought the question of Syria to the top of the agenda one more time for the world.
Syrian regime forces are preparing to launch a major military operation against opposition-led groups in the Idlib province of northern Syria.
World politics is presently going through an extensive transition process, which is directly reformulating the existing balances among global powers
