I wonder, if we were in a very comfortable setting and if we had a relaxed environment with the deputies of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), preferably, when they would not be feeling the pressure of the “Palace” on them…
Did you see the population figures of 2014? The birth rate is not increasing despite the fact that President Erdoğan said 'you should have three children.'
I have completely opposite views from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on many topics, but I watch in admiration his political genius, his way of interpreting politics, his economic determination and also his “leadership stance.”
Participants in the annual Davos meetings, organized by the World Economic Forum (WEF), gather under several groups. One of these groups participates as “world media leaders.” Eight years ago, they selected 100 media leaders from around the world based on a survey they held, after which they invited them every year. I was one of them.
Before I went to sleep the other night, I wrote this piece in my mind. I was to address my colleagues at daily Cumhuriyet. I was going to tell them, “Look, what is the point of publishing them now?”
My wife Tansu and I were one of the earliest participants in the Paris march the other day and were therefore able to get right beside the statue in Republique Square.
As the flight of Turkish Airlines lands at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, I become more anxious. The difficulties I endured the first time I went to the United States, six month after Sept. 11, are still vivid in my memory.
They have included “civilian” in their name, but its content is worse than a military memorandum. They are talking about a “coup d’état” in the content, but what they have done is worse than a coup.
This is the first time I have disclosed it. It was in the 1990s, it was a bayram (holiday) morning. I had been expelled from Antalya by my boss, Aydın Doğan, in the presence of my wife.
