In his Sunday Mass at the Vatican on April 12, Pope Francis referred to the mass killings during the deportation of Ottoman Armenians in World War I as “widely considered ‘the first genocide of the 20th century.’”
A statement to German TV channels made on April 9 by Cemil Bayık, one of military leaders of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), could prove to be the strongest response to imprisoned leader Abdullah Öcalan’s March 21 call to end the armed campaign launched against Turkey in 1984, in which more than 40,000 people have been killed to date.
If it would be possible to reduce the outlook of foreign investors regarding the political atmosphere in Turkey to one single unknown, that would be the continuation of the economic policies as steered by Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan, without any distortion by populist policies.
According to Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan, the Muslim world is on the verge of a disintegration, during which ever more blood could be shed.
All political parties entering Turkey’s parliamentary elections on June 7 submitted their candidate lists to the Supreme Election Board (YSK) on April 7.
Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) government, which has been reelected since 2002, has been favored by international investors as a provider of a suitable investment environment. There were two main reasons for this.
Political polarization has escalated in Turkey as the country is heading for a critical parliamentary elections on June 7.
Turkish foreign policy needs a new start at once, especially after the historical deal between Iran and the world powers, says Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the social democratic main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP).
There still has not been a forensic report made public about the killing of prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz on March 31
