Why are Greek Cypriots so offensive?
When they started in a Beirut hotel back in 1968, probably neither of the two communal negotiators believed that the exercise they started would carry on for very long
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said “developments in Turkey are alarming.” Was it strange to hear such words from her or from any other European leader? If such a sentence was to come out from the mouth of Vladimir Putin, right, then it would have been totally awkward.
Is it possible to establish a splendorous park, very much like the Garden of Eden, in the middle of a desert?
How many refugees are there in Turkey? What was the date when the number of Syrian refugees in Turkey passed the three million mark? Does Turkey have the capacity to absorb them? Will the country’s “open-door” policy continue forever, turning it into a safe haven for refugees?
Would it be right to predict the outcome of the Nov. 8 presidential elections in the United States? If the outcome would have a serious impact on our everyday lives as well as on the domestic Turkish political scene and the international conjecture, why not? Probably to Turkey’s dismay, Democrat Party candidate Hillary Clinton will climb the ladder to the U.S. presidential seat with a margin of 6 to 7 percentage points. Could there be a Republican Donald Trump surprise? Very unlikely.
There is a Turkish proverb, “The sheikh doesn’t fly, his followers make him fly.” The meaning is clear.
Cyprus talks will soon head to Geneva where discussions on territorial issues will be brought to the table. Shrugging all the warnings separating territorial aspects of the problem from the security and guarantees issues would weaken his hand, President Mustafa Akıncı not only agreed to split the two correlated issues, but also tried to present it to the Turkish Cypriot people as a success.
Proponents of the Annan Plan were using a very appealing slogan during the propaganda period for the April 24, 2004 referendum: “Yes be annem” (Say yes my mom).
