Turkey’s future within the Islamic civilization

Over the past decade, a multitude of commentators have raised concerns about “where Turkey is heading.”

‘The right to blasphemy’

Charlie Hebdo, a satirical French magazine, recently became much more famous than it ever was. Early this month it came out with a provocative issue whose cover presented a cartoon of...

Defying Turkey’s blasphemy law

Too much ‘surge’ on the Kurdish front

Turkey’s most lethal problem, the Kurdish question, is bleeding again. The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a terrorist group motivated by a blend of ethnic nationalism and communism, is attacking not just Turkish military posts but also civilian targets. Recently, one of their female suicide bombers hit the eastern province of Bingöl, killing herself and two other people, including a mother who used her body as a shield at the last moment to protect her children.