As Erdoğan himself and his supporters openly say, this will be unlike any presidency Turkey has seen — since Atatürk
This Sunday, millions of Turks will go to ballots to vote for their next president. This will be the first time that the presidency, the top post in the republic, will be elected by popular vote.
Politicians such as Bülent Arınç, who represent a secular state and address a diverse society, should refrain from such sermonizing remarks
Eid Mubarak! Or, in English, may your feast be blessed. That is what we Muslims say to each other during these days, when we are celebrating the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
Gideon Levy is a prominent Israeli journalist and a leading voice within the Israeli liberal left. The other day, he had a piece in daily Haaretz, where he regularly writes
Had a Martian descended on our Earth right at this time and looked at these numbers, he would probably conclude that a shockingly unfair battle was going on
If you would like to read a book these days that would help you grasp the political dynamics of post-Arab Spring societies, I would wholeheartedly recommend a new title: “Temptations of Power:
The title above might sound silly to some readers. Because the Caliphate (or the 'Successorship' to Prophet Muhammad) is certainly an 'Islamic' institution
The Republic of Turkey was founded in 1923, after the fall of the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
