The current political tension in Turkey, which has pitted the government against not just the Gülen Movement but also a part of the judiciary
The other night, a few prominent news outlets in the world, including Turkey’s official Anadolu Agency, revealed photographs of systemic torture and murder in the prisons of Bashar al-Assad
Yesterday, the Hürriyet Daily News reported about a recent warning by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan to all ambassadors of Turkey who were gathered in Ankara for an annual “envoy’s conference.”
Yesterday, Turkish police raided the offices of a branch of the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) Kilis, a town near the Syrian border.
The political war going on in Turkey these days is full of incredible details and drama. However, it only underlines a simple truth:
Over the years, I have visited many Middle Eastern capitals, but the Iranian one had remained unluckily out of reach.
If you read the Turkish media these days, you will see that most newspapers passionately promote one of two completely opposite narratives.
I hope you had a nice entry to this new Gregorian year of ours and now look at the future with some optimism for the dozen months ahead.
What has happened in Turkey in the past 10 days is just mind-boggling.
