The notorious ISIL, or “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant,” which has made a name for itself by chopping off heads and crucifying opponents, has recently made global news by declaring a “caliphate.”
The expected happened. Yesterday, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced his candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections in August.
A bitter fact about Turkey has become painfully obvious in the past couple of years, especially the past couple of months
More than four years ago, in this very column, I wrote a piece titled, “Today, I am closer to the secularists,” and I wrote the following:
If there were a handful of people in Turkey who could challenge Erdoğan, one of them was İhsanoğlu. I wish him good luck
With the kidnapping of some 80 Turkish citizens in Mosul by the notorious ISIL, more Turks finally realized that 'jihadists' could be a lethal threat
Last Sunday, a young Kurdish protestor who masked his face entered a Turkish Air Force base in the predominantly Kurdish province of Diyarbakır
Hayrettin Karaman, professor emeritus of Islamic law and columnist for daily Yeni Şafak, is an important figure in Turkey.
The Turkey of today, honestly speaking, is a depressing country. The political scene is madly polarized, and the language of hate and vengeance dominates the public scene.
