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Pain Who cares YUSUF KANLI

Pain? Who cares?

Is it not rather strange? Since the June elections, the country has been losing lives in dozens to terrorism, boosting the popularity of the ruling AKP

February 21 2016
Witch-hunt season YUSUF KANLI

Witch-hunt season

In the heart of Ankara, just a few minutes’ walk from Parliament, the old Prime Ministry building, the Interior Ministry of Efkan Ala, several other ministries and, unfortunately, the headquarters of the military forces of the country, some heinous terrorists were able to blow up a car bomb and kill and wound many people

February 18 2016
Gearing up for the mother of all wars YUSUF KANLI

Gearing up for the mother of all wars

Tensions are building up. It is as if several key actors are collaborating viciously to send the world into a catastrophe

February 16 2016
Syria, Turkey and the EU YUSUF KANLI

Syria, Turkey and the EU

Syrians seeking a secure, better life are the unwanted refugees of Europe and the “guests” of Turkey

February 14 2016
Schism in the AKP YUSUF KANLI

Schism in the AKP?

Some very important people, in an unaccustomed manner for those in the AKP flank, have started expressing their discomfort either by making statements, through electronic messages on social media or just by reappearing in public after months of seclusion

February 11 2016
Biden receives assurances on energy security around Cyprus YUSUF KANLI

Biden receives assurances on energy security around Cyprus

The details of discussions U.S. Vice President Joe Biden had during his Jan. 23 visit to Turkey with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and other top Turkish executives, as well as his talks with the Israeli and Greek Cypriot leaders, keep emerging

February 09 2016
Boots on the ground YUSUF KANLI

Boots on the ground

Russian officials and Russian news outlets have started making a very serious claim that Turkey was preparing a land operation in Syria

February 07 2016
Cyprus deal: Not now or never YUSUF KANLI

Cyprus deal: Not now or never?

The four-page document that Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Anastasiades gave to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during a meeting at Davos on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum underlined once again how delusional it might be to expect a quick Cyprus fix

February 04 2016
Is the AKP cauldron on fire YUSUF KANLI

Is the AKP cauldron on fire?

Anyone who over the past two decades has gotten to know Bülent Arınç, a former number two of the AKP and one of party’s four founders, would agree that he has always been a well-versed provocateur…

February 02 2016