Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s visit to Strasbourg yesterday to address the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) came at a moment when critical voices about the state of fundamental freedoms in Turkey have become louder and harsher
Turkey missed a great opportunity in the period between 2010 and 2015, as it failed to resolve the Kurdish question through dialogue and peaceful means and also failed to rewrite the new civilian constitution with the participation of all four political parties
On Feb 28, 2015, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan became one of the first regional leaders to visit Riyadh to hold extensive talks with Saudi Arabia’s new leader, King Salman, who was crowned in January of that year
A deal reached between Turkey and the European Union on March 18 in Brussels has begun implementation starting from April 4, as Greece deported hundreds of irregular immigrants to Turkey while Turkey shipped an almost equal number of Syrian refugees to some European countries last week
For those who have long been closely observing Turkish politics, talking about differences between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu on a number of very critical issues should not be surprising
A much-anticipated meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took place late on March 31 on the sidelines of the fourth Nuclear Security Summit following the latter’s talks with Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry on March 30
In his long address to the Turkish War Colleges in Istanbul on March 28, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan argued that Turkey was the world’s top country for preserving the balance between security and freedom, despite going through an extremely difficult period with terrorist attacks claiming the lives of civilians and security personnel.
Last week’s suicide bomb attack in Istanbul that killed three Israelis and one Iranian citizen has produced one rather unexpected result
Turkey and the EU agreed on March 18 to try to resolve the growing migration problem through a bold and ambitious plan - despite concerns over its legality
