What the exchange rate of the U.S. greenback bordering on 3 Turkish Liras to the dollar means to the tenant of the extravagant palace in Ankara’s Beştepe neighborhood might not be clear to the Turkish public.
Utopia discussions are quite helpful, particularly in pseudo democracies because the risk of persecution is always at levels that cannot be ignored.
The June 7 election appears to have taken place somewhere in outer space, not in Turkey
The outcome of the meeting was obvious when the two leaders first sat down for talks on whether and how to forge a coalition government.
Cleaning the field is a must after the harvest so that it can be prepared for the new season and new harvest. Like in most countries, burning stubble is prohibited in both the Turkish Cypriot north and the Greek Cypriot south of the island.
Turkey is heading fast to an ambiguous but dreadful situation. The leaders of the country’s two biggest parties will be meeting Aug. 10 for a final push to form what is called a “grand coalition” but prospects are dim.
Should Turkish Cypriots try to defend their own interests even if that amounts to hurting Turkey’s interests?
In the absence of the right to live, all other rights, freedoms, norms and values become irrelevant and meaningless.
Irrespective whether one approves or disapproves the Kurdish opening of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), it was a fact everyone with some awareness of reality might testify, that since 2012, particularly since the March 2013 declaration of “unilateral ceasefire” by the separatist gang, terrorism-related bloodshed had come to a halt
