A New Security Understanding for Europe
Europe proved to be extremely ineffective and inefficient in dealing with the refugee crises, and to not perpetuate its mistakes it needs to adopt a new security framework to deal with the increasing threat of terrorism
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Europe Needs Sincerity in Integration and Counterterrorism
European double standards that discriminate between terrorist organizations and provide safe homes to some so long as they do not conduct violent activities in Europe should change immediately
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The global community needs to stop pointing the finger at transnational terrorism as an excuse for everything and sit at the solution table to find the root cause of this international threat
In recent months, it has been interesting to see opposition pundits who were initially critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's assessment that the two groups were one and the same slowly reach the same conclusion.
Russia wouldn't want to lose face in Tehran despite having bowed to Israeli pressures to limit their support for Bashar Assad and Hezbollah. Willing to do anything to weaken the Assad regime and Iran, Israel openly supports a federal solution.
No longer can the PYD militants shake hands with Bashar Assad and continue their on-off relationship with DAESH to expand their territory. Moving forward, the group will play defense and try to keep what they have.
Istanbul and Ankara Terror Attacks
In the past month there have been two suicide bombings in Ankara conducted by the PKK splinter group TAK and one in Taksim in Istanbul by DAESH. Since the global community has left Turkey alone in its fight against these terrorist organizations, Ankara is determined to continue alone if necessary
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Western Media's Hypocrisy
The Western media's coverage of the terror attack in Turkey wasn't just hypocritical. It was evil and shameless.
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In recent years to figure out what Russia really wants has become the most enigmatic question in international politics to figure out what Russia really wants.
The Turkish state has every right to defend the welfare and security of its citizens within a democratic framework via a new security paradigm and tougher penalties for those who are proved to support terrorist actions in different ways
Ankara declares war not only against the deadly terror of the PKK through its urban occupation and civilian massacres, but also against its provocative grass roots
By killing civilians en masse, the PKK created a new distinction between Turkish citizens: A large number of people openly condemning the attacks and a small minority who would rather point their fingers at the government.
In an op-ed piece published by The Washington Post last week, Mort Abramowitz and Eric Edelman, former U.S. ambassadors to Turkey, called on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to "reform or resign." What a joke!
With 10 months left for his administration, President Obama's attitude seems to mirror those of the cliché Hollywood action heroes
Keeping in mind that Turkey and Israel could launch mutually beneficial joint projects, including a pipeline to export natural gas to European markets, why is Netanyahu's government reluctant to shake hands with Turkey?
The city of Kilis, its local communities, nongovernmental organizations and AFAD, which all provide for the needs of Syrian refugees in a very systemic way, deserve much more international recognition, than only a Nobel Peace Prize
The overdue EU attempt to find a solution to the Syrian civil war and its resulting crises, aided by Ankara, is an opportunity for European values to end the ambiguity of its stance
Having lost control of Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Lebanon to Iran by turning on the Muslim Brotherhood during the Arab Spring revolutions, Saudi Arabia now seeks to regain its influence over the Middle East.
There is an urgent need to systematically advance the integration of the refugee community into formal employment as well as national education system so that the accumulation of potential social tensions might be prevented from the start
Erdoğan ignores the Constitutional Court's decision which disrupts Turkey's efforts to become a state of law
