Turkey must focus its energy and attention on the swift realization of much-needed structural reforms in public administration and macroeconomic management

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

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

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.

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 United States wants to get involved in the Syrian crisis again – rapidly and effectively.

Nowadays, stories akin to what The Independent published earlier this week represent an effort to gain leverage over 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.

The Trump administration must adopt a reasonable policy both in domestic and foreign platforms and not allow the world to become a place where every actor loses in the end

As the power balance of the world is re-designed based on economic interests and changing policies, Turkey, as an emerging power, is taking its place among the winners

Despite support from several countries, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is under pressure from within. Increasing security concerns, terror attacks in the Sinai, economic issues and foreign policy problems threaten the future of his regime.

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

Despite all the stress and difficulties, the systemic transformation process in Turkey must be worth to endure for a brighter future

Simply put, the new constitution will pave the way for a more democratic atmosphere in Turkey by providing the clear seperation of powers

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.

Since the reversal of recent popular revolutions in the Arab world and the loss of political stability in the wake of several failed states, foreign meddling and proxy wars created a vicious circle whereby radicalism fed instability and instability fed deeper radicalism.

Unless we come up with a comprehensive plan to fight and defeat terrorism in the region, European capitals will continue to fear the next terror attack