OPINION
Turkey cannot set up a missile defense system against Iran
04.09.2010Mullen’s request, which was “problematic” for Turkey, was regarding Iran
Orientalist stereotypes and Turkish foreign policy
23.08.2010How can you explain to Western and local intellectuals who are used to looking at Turkey through Orientalist glasses that the AK Party is not an “Islamist” party?
The elephant in the room and the rope extended to Israel
15.08.2010There is a process taking place. A “formal apology” and “compensation” are next.
In the aftermath of the council
15.08.2010They say “The real salvation of a country occurs through its salvation from its saviors.” It’s high time for this to happen for Turkey.
Managing terror and mass psychology
31.07.2010Controlling “mass psychology” is not the Dörtyol chief of police’s job. We cannot leave it up to him.
Important ground in the CHP transformation: The Kurdish problem
17.07.2010His meeting with Erdoğan may be a beginning for Kılıçdaroğlu.
As we wait for the Obama- Netanyahu meeting
03.07.2010This meeting will be more decisive for the Turkish-American relationship than the Obama-Erdoğan meeting in Toronto.
Axis change or paradigm imprisonment?
19.06.2010There is no change in axis in Turkey, but there is, in the words of Osman Ulugay, a “paradigm imprisonment” among some of our intellectuals.
The collapse of the UN order
12.06.2010An insistence on sanctions despite this proves to be nothing more than a diversion from the real issue at hand.
Israel is facing reality
05.06.2010Israel has started to pay the price for “messing” with Turkey, less than 72 hours after the incident occurred.
Hakan Fidan at the helm of MİT
29.05.2010The Fidan era will serve to help the MİT complete the institutional and psychological process of becoming more civic and civilian.
Russia’s vision problem
29.05.2010It appears as though, at least for the time being, Moscow’s vision is insufficient for more advanced cooperation.
Important ground in the CHP transformation: The Kurdish problem
24.07.2010The attitude he will display on the Kurdish problem will be a determinant in unraveling the CHP's transformation.
Yes, we must live together!
10.07.2010Surely Turkey is free to discuss everything. However, there is a method, manner and timing for the discussion of everything.
The elephant in the room and Turkish foreign policy
01.05.2010When the “focus” of the events is wrong, the “picture” becomes limited and misleading as well
Normalization with Armenia is difficult
24.04.2010In order to pursue the “normalization process,” Armenia will first need to become a “normal country.”
Don’t close the door on the CHP
17.04.2010With self-confidence, the AK Party should say “yes” to this proposal.
Fine tuning the probe
10.04.2010The instructions of Engin suggest to us that “some people are more equal.”
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