Targeting Erdoğan and Turks may now seem to help German politicians in the upcoming elections, but escalating the current tension will irreparably harm Berlin's already troubled relations with Ankara

The evidence contained in case files against the coup plotters clearly say that last summer's coup attempt was orchestrated by FETÖ members

In truth, the matter is that Erdoğan and the political party of which he is the leader fit into the center of Turkey's administration and do away with bureaucratic oligarchy.

Just because they think it serves Erdoğan's interests, Westerners and the opposition are trying to discredit the Turkish people's great resistance against the coup attempt on July 15

Military interventions that interrupt the normal functioning of democratic regimes and utilize brutal military force to suppress legitimate political authorities and their support base open deep wounds in social fabrics.

Erdoğan keeps a tab on the EU's unfulfilled promises and talks about Europe's unreliability in the public. That's why, the image of him the EU leaders have is he is as an authoritarian Turk

If Trump wants to put Turkish-U.S. relations back on track, he must stop carrying out Obama's YPG policy

Acting as a stabilizing force in a volatile region requires constant economic and technological prowess

This time around, Washington serves to ease tensions, as the Trump administration made a $12-billion military deal and decided to hold joint exercises with Qatar.

There was no surprise in seeing open or covert U.S. support for various military coups, taking sides in civil wars, or instigating military invasions to "liberate" countries

Turkish policy makers backing Doha is a highly significant approach to reconcile Qatar and its opposition

SETA Foreign Policy Studies Director Ufuk Ulutaş said that the recent Gulf crisis is an attempt to redesign Middle East politics and it is not about the alleged support of terrorism by Qatar, but rather a result of Qatar following its own terms in regional matters.

The attempt to politically ostracise the tiny emirate is more likely to isolate Riyadh than to bring Qatar to its knees.

Turkey learned much from the Arab Spring process, and especially the Syrian civil war. This learning period was directly reflected in Erdoğan's policies.

Today, the AK Party no longer has to try and prove its legitimacy. After all, it was the party's ability to survive the smear campaigns that shaped its brand of politics.

Erdoğan's road map in the AK Party will open a new era that disables the former crises to be repeated

Arming of YPG is a wrong decision for the US and deteriorated TR-US relations.