U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to limit the provision of visas to the citizens of seven Muslim countries is a strategic step.
Spending a weekend in Germany is a mind-opener. It gives any person who is living under the constant news bombardment in Turkey time and space to see the real Europe that is not told to us on pro-government TV stations.
Turkey and its neighbors are getting ready for the new host of the White House. But the signs are confusing. Donald Trump’s policies sound like they will be remarkably different from his predecessor’s.
Two weeks before New Year’s Eve and Christmas, contrary to most shopping malls in Istanbul, there were long cashier lines in IKEA stores.
It is one thing not to believe your eyes. It is another thing to ignore it, deny it and live in constant delusion.
Turkey’s fight against outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorism has created some interesting undercurrents and deep tides in society that cannot be overlooked.
It was a quiet night in Istanbul until the blast reverberated across the Bosphorus and we all realized it was not a thunderstorm approaching.
Turkey is going through very turbulent times – not only economically but politically as well. The difficulty in navigating through this kind of a storm is that it is unlike any we have ever had before. The lines are blurred and money is fluid.
The question is not mine. It is not even a question. It is an open curse to womanhood. These are the gentler version of the words tweeted by one of the chief advisers of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in response to a French journalist who accused the president of being a “dictator.”
