Nuri Çolakoğlu I’ve been watching the news and debates on TV, reading reports and comments on the internet for weeks. Of course, the agenda is invariably Idlib. But when I try to understand the issue and solve the equation, I see that the most crucial point is overlooked: an undying longing of 200 years. I’ll
My Dining Inspection Rules In this first article I want to describe some of my rules: The restaurant has been never informed about our presence or about the article. Standard service has been received like any other person. There is no preliminary preparation. Otherwise the article would not be fair. The food eaten is always
Murat Yetkin As tension in the Middle East escalated further after Turkish F-16s downed two Syrian Su-24 jets on the Syrian territory on March 1, President Donald Trump sends a key figure of his administration to Turkey ahead of Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on March 5. Kelly
Utku Perktaş The World Health Organization (WHO) released a “Disease-X ” warning some time ago. Disease-X: The name sounds like it’s come straight out horror scenarios in sci-fi movies but it real. It’s classified within the same category as other respiratory diseases such as Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever disease, Ebola, MERS, and SARS. According to
Selva Demiralp Turkish growth figures that were released on Feb. 28 indicate that the fourth quarter growth was 6 percent while the annual growth rate for 2019 as a whole was 0.9 percent. When we take a look at the components of growth, we note that the driving forces were consumption and public spending. The
Zeynep Miraç Rumor has it, an Italian architect once said: “The Turks conquered Istanbul in 1453 but they’re yet to settle.” It’s true: this city is a 567-year-old construction site. The statement that “geography is destiny” has been on everyone’s lips lately, but is this only about people? Destiny can sometimes latch onto spaces, too.
Behlül Özkan In April 1986, bombings were carried out to passenger buses in Syria and a Latakia-Aleppo train in Syria. Newspapers in Turkey reported that dozens of people had been killed during the attack. According to the Syrian state television, the 5 people who organized the attack got arrested at the Al Farouk hotel in
While trying to understand what’s going on in the Turkey-Russia rift over Syria, two things must be kept in mind. Firstly, the fact that the situation of the Syrian refugees is the first major humanitarian plight, the first major affront to humanity, of the 21st century. We’re witnessing it right now: as soon as Ankara
At least 34 (*) Turkish soldiers have been killed in attacks in Syria’s Idlib, officials sources have confirmed, with the government announcing that it has responded to the offence by the Assad regime. Ankara has decided to retaliate the attacks, said Fahrettin Altun, the communications director of the Turkish Presidency, following a top-level meeting in