The question is not whether the elections in Egypt and Syria are democratic or not. They are clearly not. But when did democracy visit these countries anyway?
The month of May opened and closed violently in Turkey. No doubt it will be so for years to come.
Commenting on the results of the European Parliament elections in the Guardian on May 26, British historian Timothy Garton Ash concluded by declaring
It is not I who says that secularism and pluralism are incompatible with Islam. It comes from a qualified source.
German politicians have been quoted in the press in recent days arguing that Erdoğan should not be allowed to move his election campaign battles to Germany
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu recently said “We are not North Korea” while reacting angrily to U.S. think tank Freedom House’s latest report
The more Erdoğan hits at the West – the way he did on Tuesday, May 13, again – the more points score in Turkey, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and even parts of South America.
In his Europe Day statement, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said his government remained committed to meeting the European Union’s political and economic criteria
Scenes from the Turkish Parliament on Monday, May 5, when deputies met to decide on a commission that will investigate corruption allegations on four former ministers
