Initial reports indicate a decline in the number of refugees trying to cross to Greece from Turkey since Ankara and the EU concluded their controversial agreement on refugees
There is a celebratory mood in anti-government circles in Turkey over the arrest in the U.S. of Reza Zarrab, the Turkish businessman of Iranian origin, who is reportedly also a citizen of Iran and Azerbaijan
Turkey today has been overpowered by a toxic mix of domestic political infighting and a misguided foreign policy that has bred the kind of terrorist attack that we saw once again in Istanbul over the weekend
Turkey and Russia have been locked in an angry dispute over Syria ever since the Turkish Air Force downed a Russian fighter jet in November 2015
Less than a month after the last terrorist attack, which left 28 dead and scores injured in the Turkish capital, Ankara witnessed a new terrorist atrocity on Sunday evening that instantly killed 30 people and was followed by a mounting death toll due to the large number of seriously injured
There is a celebratory mood in government circles about the agreement in principle arrived at between Turkey and the EU on the refugee crisis
Turkey appears unable to generate any good news these days
I’m no legal expert, but a layman’s practicality tells me that the constitution is the basic law of the land, and in any civilized country, requires respect
The Constitutional Court’s ruling on daily Cumhuriyet’s Editor in Chief Can Dündar and Ankara Bureau Chief Erdem Gül will help restore confidence in Turkey’s legal system, which increasingly has appeared to have been co-opted by the Presidency and the party in power
