5 Questions: Yet Another Massacre in Egypt
Ulutaş: On-going detentions and massacres in Egypt have shut the door for a political solution in the country.
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Coups in Turkey and Egypt
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry declared that the military was only restoring democracy in Egypt, but we dont know who is the client, employer or the subcontractor in this restoration job. If it is Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisis job to restore democracy, then what is Burns doing in Cairo? If it is Mohamed ElBaradei who will bring peace to Egypt, then what keeps Ashton in Egypt?
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In the last few years, the Kurdish alienation has deepened more with the cunning of the PKK-PYD and the support of the Arab nationalism that has risen in the region with the occupation of Iraq.
If being a majority will never give an edge and if the majority will not get any respect from the minority, as the liberal-leftist conception of democracy suggests, should we not start talking about the danger of minority dictatorship rather than tyranny of the majority?
The events of July 3 represent nothing but pure political pornography. The sole truth and reality remains: Mohamed Morsi, the elected president of Egypt, lost his power to a military junta and its international solidarity networks.
It would not be realistic to talk about breaking relations between Egypt and Turkey while not only the Egyptian people but also the Egyptian elites have sympathy for the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
From the Tutelary Regime to the Coup, Egypt
The Arab Uprisings forcing the dictators to step down in the First Wave are to target the transformation of the old order and the establishment in the Second Wave.
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The Revenge of the Tahrir Revolution
In a period where the models of administration for the Islamic world are opened to discussion, the model of one of the rooted movements of the world, the Muslim Brotherhood, is not given an opportunity to be tested.
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If Egypt has to choose between the growing pains of democratization or the military-judiciary tutelage, it should not hesitate to pick the first option.
May our new post-modern political trend be blessed for us all! The Felool-liberalism is the new liberalization/salvation recipe of the status quo.
On July 3, those who cheerfully dream of Mubarakism without Mubarak have nothing to offer but military rule and bloodshed in the face of the Arab Springs inevitable second wave.
Reconciliation of the parties, at this point, means either the resignation of President Morsi or an early election for the presidency.
In its capacity as a wake-up call for all, the demonstrations will go down in Turkeys political history as a constructive, democratic statement if all parties work together to establish common ground for dialogue and progress.
Turkey is the only actor that stands to spoil the neo Sykes-Picot. It appears that it will be impossible for al-Assad to regain his power in Syria as long as Turkey maintains its position.
Some Western nations, including the United States, are likely to be irked by a Turkey that intensifies its Somalia policy and takes other steps with the aim of restoring area balances, but that is the only way in which Turkey could contribute to bringing durable peace.
The military regime, after having kept its cool during the revolution and the parliamentary elections, went on the offensive right before the presidential elections and intervened in politics.
