"Turkey should avoid lynch culture
Turkey should avoid lynch culture; In any civilized country a governor cannot advice people ‘If you do not hunt them, they will attack you’ and remain in office"....
Turkey's ruling AKP may lose seats; FT says Turkey's government could see its share of the vote rise in next month's general election but its seats in the new parliament fall sharply...
Ankarapology : what is to fuss about?
You are familiar with my Ankarapolgy analyses that deal with the issues of Ankara politics and security related tug of war. In one of the analyses, Ankarapology: A manual to understand what’s going on in Ankara, which appeared on this column more than a year ago, on May 23, 2006, the developments that are happening in these days, were predicted in most accurate form."....
Stronger Europe, a win-win; America should get back to supporting the EU...
Of scarves and scarves; Double-standards on the Brussels Metro...
EU summit dogged by history and national interests
By Shada Islam
BRUSSELS: European Union efforts to try and clinch agreement on a new treaty are being stymied by a potentially toxic mix of historical rivalries and fears the bloc is growing too big and powerful, too fast.
As EU leaders gathered yesterday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is chairing the two-day EU summit, voiced hopes that the 27 leaders will agree on the outlines of a so-called “reform” or amended treaty to replace the draft constitution rejected by French and Dutch voters in 2005."
DOSSIER: Salman Rushdie at the heart of a new controversy | 22/06/2007
Writer Salman Rushdie, who went into hiding under threat of death after an Iranian fatwa in 1989, was recently knighted by the Queen. This decision has provoked the ire of Muslim extremists who view the knighting of the author of 'The Satanic Verses' as a provocation. The European press analyses the affair.
