Turkey entered the New Year in an interesting mood.
2017 has been a difficult year for all of us. We will be entering an even more tumultuous year in a couple of days. But it is time to make our New Year’s resolution and predictions list. Some of them may take longer than a year to achieve but let us keep the goodwill.
The so-called “Reza Zarrab” case in New York has recently taken an interesting turn, though nobody seems to be talking about it. Independent Turkish media outlets are hardly covering the technical details of the case, while pro-ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) media are pretending the whole thing simply does not exist.
It is very difficult to summarize the confused story of today’s Middle East, but Russian President Vladimir Putin’s flight itinerary on Dec. 11 probably goes some way to explaining it: Breakfast at the Hmeymim Military Base in Syria, lunch in Cairo, and dinner in Ankara.
If random strangers at the bus stop or in the subway ask you about a certain court case ongoing in New York, or the fall in the value of the Turkish Lira, then you know something is wrong.
This week’s latest excitement has given us yet another so-called “grand conspiracy” against Turkey.
Turkey’s founding father Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s death anniversary was not a mourning day for Turks this year. According to official tallies, 920,000 people visited Anıtkabir, his mausoleum, on Nov. 10.
“Because buildings carry our memories,” said Gökhan Avcıoğlu during a chat about what is old and what is new in architecture. “That is why we lose a part of ourselves when they are demolished,” he said.
The Turkish state apparatus is an interesting phenomenon
