It’s a matter of preference whether one describes former president Abdullah Gül as walking into the sunset or disappearing into the mist. He has spelled out that he has no political plans for the future; In other words, he will not run in the June elections.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a very clever man. If this were not the case, he would not be where he is today. He therefore knows the relationship between cause and effect.
Members and supporters of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) continually repeat the claim that there is what they call a “perception operation” against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the government of Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.
Sensible people everywhere must be hoping that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fails in his odd mission.
No one in their right mind can oppose the attempt to end the 30-year war with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), and to solve Turkey’s long standing Kurdish problem through negotiations.
The blueprint for the New Turkey desired by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his followers is taking shape, and the picture is not pretty.
The evacuation of the Süleyman Şah tomb, and its relocation a hundred meters from the Turkish border, is a public relations disaster for the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is in a hurry and wants it passed and implemented as soon as possible. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu insists everything is in order and according to EU criteria. But it looks like the angry debate on the new Internal Security Law the government has drafted and submitted to parliament will not subside any time soon
The attempted rape and brutal murder of 20-year-old university student Özgecan Aslan has infuriated the public, enraging women in particular. This is not surprising since Turkey remains a country where daily violence against women is perpetrated with impunity.
