President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan believes Istanbul’s prestigious Boğaziçi (Bosporus) University has failed to become a global brand because it does not “lean on national values.” He also says the university is closed to those whose ideas it disagrees with.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reverted to his previous strong line on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during his recent visit to Tunisia, after a period of relative silence.
Time will tell if the Palestinians got anything concrete out of the extraordinary summit of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC), held in Istanbul on Dec. 13 following Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s call in his capacity as OIC term president.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Gen. Joseph Votel and Commander of U.S. Forces in Europe Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti were due in Ankara on Dec. 11, as this piece was being written, for talks with Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar.
Many people in Turkey are wondering whether confessions by Reza Zarrab, revealing how he bribed government and state officials to circumvent U.S. sanctions on Iran, will harm President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
The latest atrocity in Egypt by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has clearly shaken President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. This was apparent from his remarks about this attack against innocent Muslims attending prayers in a mosque on Nov. 24. In an unprecedented move, Ankara has even declared a day of mourning for those killed.
The post-Arab Spring period in the Middle East is gradually unfolding as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levent (ISIL) is rolled back, while the Syrian civil war gradually heads towards its endgame.
Developments in Saudi Arabia have unsettled President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP). Although the Syrian crisis may have produced some common ground for Turkey and Saudi Arabia, disagreements between the two countries had already emerged in 2013, when Riyadh backed a coup against Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, and his Muslim Brotherhood-led government.
Russia is accused of meddling in the U.S. presidential elections. But what about Turkey? Is there no meddling in Turkey by Russia? Take the case of Aleksandr Dugin, referred to by the Turkish media as “a Russian philosopher and President Putin’s special advisor.”
