European leaders will either choose isolationism based on Turkey fears or re-invent Europe as a multi-cultural home. Unfortunately, the first scenario seems much more likely

The proposals from the opposition parties rest on the premise that something extraordinary is happening in the country today. But their argument is fatally flawed because the AK Party can score more points off extraordinary circumstances than the opposition.

The passive attitude kept up by the U.S. throughout all of the processes in the Middle East is not a result of indecisiveness but the very policy itself, which Ankara knows

The words "We ask God to rescue us from this suffering. I'm 53 years old and have seen enough.

The Kemalist modernization paradigm influencing Turkey's managerial mind until the 2000s slowly lost its efficacy and, in contrast with this, a perspective of modernization with stronger ties to society and more hybrid forms that offers the establishment of more rational relations with cultural regions outside its own began to come to the fore.

Although abounding in energy sources compared to other regions, the Middle East suffers from the increasing significance of the energy market in shaping the nations' foreign policy in the 21st century.

Although Ankara highlights the significance of not being a part of a sectarian war to avoid increasing ideological polarization in the Middle East, it stands closer to Riyadh than Tehran.

The Russian actions in Syria took place in a period of the transformation of the international system. It is a period of post-unipolarism in which the U.S. no longer sufficient power to shape the politics and economy of the entire world.

The opposition's inability to come up with an attractive message entails the risk of radicalization and a violent turn – unless they find a way to overcome reactionary politics.

The Syrian refugee crisis, escalating terror attacks and global economic growth were the headlining topics of the G20 Leaders Summit successfully hosted by President Erdoğan.

These new challenges and debates about the U.S.'s role in the world will need to be handled by the next U.S. president, who will have a major debate on his or her hands and the debates to respond.

Who lost the Syrian civil war to Russia? Who rolled out the red carpet leading to the Middle East to the Kremlin?

Qatar and Turkey are mutually dependent on one other in stabilizing their domestic politics and normalizing the region.

‘İmparatorluk’ kavramı tabiatı gereği çoğu zaman radikal tartışmaların konusu olmuş, genel anlamda ise sol lügate mal edilmiş ya da terk edilmiştir. Akademik dünya imparatorluk kavramına hem siyasal hem de sol tabiatından dolayı mesafeli durmayı tercih etmiş, çoğu kez de kavramı kullananları mahkûm etme yolunu tercih etmiştir. Benzer şekilde ‘Amerikan İmparatorluğu’ tartışmalarında aynı sesler yükselmektedir. Son dört yıla iki emperyal işgal sığdıran Amerikan İmparatorluğu tartışmalarında aynı ‘dil ve diyalektik’ çatışması, Amerika’nın ne olduğu, imparatorlukların bitip bitmediğinin ve yeni bir hegemonya tanımının Amerika merkezli yapılıp yapılamayacağının sorulduğu entelektüel ortamın canlanmasını sağlamış oldu. Amerikan İmparatorluğunun sosyal ve siyasal paradigmasını, dolayısıyla bugün sıcak bir şekilde idrak ettiğimiz Amerika fenomenini çözümlememiz de bu modern devir imparatorluğunun jeostratejisinin ve jeoekonomisinin  köklerine inmekle mümkündür.

The Bush administration’s troubles in the Middle East and at home show no sign of diminishing. More and more Americans are coming forward to call the US policy in Iraq a total disaster. Their remedy is immediate withdrawal from Iraq. But there is more to US troubles than the mismanagement of an unjustified war. After much fanfare, the Bush administration’s “new  strategy on Iraq” turned out to be similar to shooting in the dark hoping that some shots will hit their target. Sending more troops to Iraq without pressuring the Maliki government to stop sectarian violence was received with more suspicion than ever.

Opposition is one of the major elements in a democracy’s becoming institutionalized, putting down roots and developing in a healthy manner. 

The expectation from the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) when it came to power in 2002 was that political discussions would be shaped by internal agenda issues.