A total failure: this is the current point we are at as far as the Syrian policy, based on the assumption that the Bashar al-Assad regime would be toppled in a matter of days when the turmoil started
There is only one reason for all our problems stemming from Syria today: When the first protests started in Syria, Turkey was not able to make a sound evaluation
“I am laughing about Russia’s approach,” said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan when answering Russian claims that Turkey is preparing a military operation in Syria
The commission established to write the new constitution held its first meeting
Finally, the long expected “conventional family criteria” will be introduced to the media
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, whom we are hosting in Istanbul today, lost his 46-year-old son to cancer last May
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled for Turkey to be fined over a police raid on the office building of Nokta magazine upon a military court ruling in 2007 stating that the raid constituted a violation of freedom of expression
We are fully occupied with the declaration of the academics for a whole week. If you take into consideration what top officials are saying, then this is Turkey’s number one issue for the moment
It seems as if the tried and proven strategy of the Nov. 1, 2015, elections, to “increase tension, diversify enemies, scare the people, snatch the votes,” would serve for AKP success
MEHMET Y. YILMAZ
