A new round of Cyprus diplomacy and fresh talks are set to take off as early as late February, just weeks after the Turkish Cypriot parliamentary and Greek Cypriot presidential elections. Will new initiatives appear on the negotiating table?
Whether rich or poor, staunchly secular or devoutly Muslim, these days most Turks are preoccupied with Jerusalem’s destiny.
In very challenging times, it is difficult to maintain individual or professional integrity. It was a shock for me to learn what great compliments had been made for Nazi Germany by the Turkish government once upon a time, in the buildup towards the Second World War, assuming it would be an undefeatable major power at the time.
Turkey will be hosting a key meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) today. Turks expect heads of state or government from at least 26 countries to attend, many at the level of foreign ministers.
Turkey and other Muslim-majority countries seem convinced that U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is a provocative move with dangerous consequences.
The most opportunistic American president in U.S. history, Donald Trump, has turned the White House into a farmyard.
Who is Reza Zarrab? An international gold merchant?
The idea that it is now high time to start second track diplomacy to find alternative modalities for a settlement on Cyprus created some enthusiasm among those who were indeed interested in a settlement on the eastern Mediterranean island.
Talking at news conferences, taking questions from journalists have become a rather unaccustomed affair for the Turkish government elite
