Significant Digits For The Istanbul Attacks FiveThirtyEight » Features by Walt Hickey You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the telling numbers tucked inside the news. Turkey Did Nothing About the Jihadists in Its Midst – Until It Was Too Late foreignpolicy.com – Paul McLeary – May 29, 2014, 5:16 PM The Islamic State has … Read more
Turkish court orders arrest of four Israeli generals over Mavi Marmara A Turkish court has ordered the arrest of four Israeli commanders who were allegedly involved in the 2010 raid on the Mavi Marmara. An Israeli official described the decision as a “ridiculous provocation,” while Turkish Foreign Ministry stressed ?the judiciary process … Read more
During the day, Burhan Kuzu, an AKP deputy who happens to be a professor on constitutional law, tweeted that a list that contains around 2 thousand high level bureaucrats’ names have been given to PM Erdoğan. Supposedly these people are followers of Fethullah Gülen and will be eliminated from the state bureaucracy. Mr. Kuzu is … Read more
Syria shows why Europe needs muscle Only Britain and France have the political will and the military capabilities required to give Europe a bigger voice in the world UN’s failure on Syria a disgrace, says Turkish President Gül It is a ‘disgrace’ that the United Nations Security Council has failed to uphold its … Read more