As a young journalist, I was assigned to the airport to report on the foreign dignitaries coming to attend Turkey’s 8th president Turgut Özal’s funeral.Some countries came in small delegations, while some others came...
For the past decade whenever I heard a Western friend expressing sadness on Turkey’s slide to autocracy and wishing me “good luck,” my response was usually, “Good luck to you too. Things do not...
France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy has partially blocked Turkey’s accession negotiations in mid-2000’s arguing Turkey had no place within the European Union (EU). In a recent televised interview on March 24, Sarkozy said he...
When Chancellor Angela Merkel uttered her famous refugee crisis mantra in August 2015, “we can do this,” she probably did not imagine that this would cost her a sharp fall in her approval ratings...
By the time you read this article, Turkey’s new envoy to Washington and Paris will have started their first week in their office.Ambassador Murat Mercan has certainly not been met by good news in...
Dear Major and Champ! I would like to congratulate you on your electoral victory. I hope all will go well for you in the next four years. Dear Champ, I know that you are...
“The European Union should be in no hurry either to engage with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime or to force a diplomatic crisis. Instead, it should deprive Putin of the one thing he craves:...
Turkey’s long-term supply contracts, accounting for a third of gas imports will expire this year making 2021 a critical one for the country’s short to mid-term energy strategies. The so-called “Western pipeline,” the very...
Last week Turkey’s social media was full of jokes about Turkey’s space program with the mission to the moon. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan revealed a 10-year space program on Feb. 9, which includes...
Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA), the terror organization which claimed the lives of dozens of Turkish diplomats has threatened to revive its activities following Yerevan’s recent defeat in Karabakh. ASALA...
