Upon the European Court of Justice’s March 14 ruling that companies can ban headscarves and other religious symbols in workplaces, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş reacted and said, “This is a shameful decision. It is one of the many anti-Islam manifestations. This decision destroys European values all together.”
The diplomatic crisis experienced with Germany is an example of the new crises Turkey will face in Europe from now on. The rising populism in Europe is inciting Islamophobia as well as anti-Turkish sentiments, influencing even central right and leftist policies
How nice were our dreams when we were entering the “information age.” All totalitarian regimes, left and right, had fallen. The correctness of democracy and the market economy were certainly proven
There have been statements that our Prophet Mohammed had a hadith which said that “yes” would come out of the ballot box.
A change in the system is much more important than writing a constitution, and it leads to far more important consequences.
I watched dangerous tension unfold at Marmara University on TV, where some 50 students gathered to protest the arbitrary dismissal of academics without any judicial evidence.
Today’s column is on arrests and trials. It does not come out of the blue.
The excessiveness of arrangements and discharges conducted with state of emergency decrees is drawing more criticism. The government was granted this opportunity by Constitutional Court decision number 2016/159.
Following a non-inspection decision of the Constitutional Court, the state of emergency has been functioning without “checks and balances.”
