Turkey and India: Tale of Two Rising Powers

The two emerging powers, Turkey and India, will take concrete steps to improve their economic and political coperation in the meetings

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Turkey and India Tale of Two Rising Powers
A Busy Month of May in Turkey

A Busy Month of May in Turkey

The April 16 constitutional referendum did not lower the tensions in Turkish politics. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will travel to India, Russia, China, Belgium and the U.S. in the coming weeks.

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Thanks to the 'yes' result in the constitutional referendum, Turkey is going to negotiate with its foreign allies with renewed confidence in the following days

The "yes" result in the referendum disappointed campaigners for "no" in the West more than the "no" front in Turkey. They clearly took up a position politically and failed.

This is the second edition of the annual European Islamophobia Report (EIR) which was presented for the first time in 2015.

If the West wants to do business with the Turks, it must acknowledge that what Mr. Erdoğan represents will be part and parcel of Turkey's future

Europeans Shouldn't Be Disturbed By Erdoğan's Charge of Fascism

The Europeans are destroying the possibility of cooperating with Turkey to pursue mutual, rational interests as they retain their anti-Erdoğan sentiments

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Europeans Shouldn't Be Disturbed By Erdoğan's Charge of Fascism
Threat of Far-Right Parties in Europe

Threat of Far-Right Parties in Europe

In the next few months, there will be elections in France and Germany. The discourse of the mainstream parties in these elections will be the key to understanding what kind of future the EU will have in the coming years.

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The U.K.'s Brexit episode set a useful precedent for Turkey's future mode of engagement with Europe

The mistreatment of Kaya and peaceful Turkish protesters by the Dutch police cannot be reduced to a pragmatic polarization between the two countries.

Opposition to Turkey's membership in the EU and opposition to Syrian refugees have become the dominant issues for some political parties.

The referendum campaign for a presidential system, which represents perhaps the most internationalized electoral contest in Turkey's political history, has also turned into a litmus test for the democratic credentials of key European countries

The risk of giving verbal assurances without a plan to prevent possible threats to Turkey in the future is a hard proposal to accept.

The problem is that Germany has unfortunately become Europe's lobbying center for enmity toward Turkey, and this lobby is located right where Germany's policy on Turkey is set

European countries' open support to the ‘no' campaign in the Turkish referendum will have an adverse effect on the camp opposing the constitutional reform

Surprising developments are afoot in the world. A terrorist organisation that claims to be Muslim is shedding blood around the world, including in Turkey.

The Trump administration's Middle East policy runs the risk of aggravating the existing chaos in the region. Under the current circumstances, countries without serious domestic problems stand to benefit from the wind of change.

Surely, Trump, an unusual political figure with his personality, political rhetoric and style, will leave an unforgettable mark in U.S. politics, yet, whether it will be good or bad is uncertain

Trump’s tweets and phone conversation with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen demonstrated he wants to shake things up in regards to China

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

Although Ankara and London followed different paths, they have a lot in common today. And Turkey's pursuit of EU membership is closely related to London's way out.