"Queen makes official visit to Turkey
Queen makes official visit to Turkey
Queen Elizabeth II, who pays only one official visit to a foreign country each year, has decided to come to Turkey this year.Searching for an identity and mission as the AK Party ‘falls’by ŞABAN KARDAŞ
In an interview he gave to Newsweek's Owen Matthews, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reaffirmed the argument that the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) is not seated in religion. Seeking to debunk the misperception in the West, Erdoğan maintained that his party is not rooted in religion and that it has a liberal vision.Real ‘surprise' to come at a later stage
This time of year the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) increases their preparations for the wave of attacks they normally launch in summer. They are scheduled to start their attacks soon.If the US attacks Iran and if the AKP is shut down...
Cengiz ÇANDARTURKS BECOMING MORE PESSIMISTIC AND INTROSPECTIVE - Eurasia Daily Monitor
Web exclusive: 'We are all Kemalists' by Nicholas Birch | Prospect Magazine May 2008 issue 146
Turkey's supposedly antagonistic "democratic Islamists" and "authoritarian secularists" are actually cut from the same clothNicholas Birch
Nicholas Birch is a freelance reporter based in Turkey
Battle lines are being drawn in Turkey. Indicted for anti-secular activities by the country's chief prosecutor, the ruling AK party faces closure just eight months after it won a general election with 47 per cent of the vote. At the end of March the country’s constitutional court agreed to hear the prosecutor’s case, and the dispute could now roll on for months. It's the latest and most bitter round of a feud that goes back decades. On one side, pious democrats. On the other, authoritarian secularists."
Doubts as Turkish IMF deal expires
The end of a $10bn loan agreement removes an anchor for Ankara's economic and structural reform programme just as the economy appears to be heading into difficultiesA new period starts in relations with northern Iraq
Turkey has once again intensified its efforts in fighting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), with multiple operations carried out over the past several days simultaneously with diplomatic efforts to develop relations with the northern Iraqi administration.TODAY'S ZAMAN - Analysts predict complexities in Turkey's mediation on Golan
