Fighting Flares Between Turkey and Kurdish Separatists
The conflict between Turkey and Kurdish nationalists who are determined to carve a Kurdish state out of eastern Turkey is heating up. Kurdish insurgents attacked… Read More
Turkey Seeks to Set an Example in Somalia
Without a government for over two decades, Somalia is the model of a failed state. It is torn apart by civil war and plagued by… Read More
NATO Summit Is No Place for Unaccountable Eurocrats
It was reported last week that Turkey has blocked the European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, and the EU’s President of the European Council, Herman… Read More
Turkey Considers Requesting NATO Support After Syrian Border Incident
At least five people, including two Turkish officials, were wounded on Monday when a cross-border shooting hit a refugee camp in Turkey’s Kilis province along… Read More
Ceasefire in Syria Fizzles As Violence Spills into Turkey
A ceasefire between Syria’s government and rebel forces appeared, for a moment, to be on the horizon. But in reality it was nothing more than a mirage… Read More
Turkish Survey Results Support Heritage Findings
According to a March 29 article in the Journal of Turkish Weekly, 54 percent of Turkish survey respondents favor Turkey developing its own nuclear weapons… Read More
Morning Bell: Fighting to the Death in Syria
Fifty-five explosions rocked the city of Homs, Syria, in the span of 15 minutes. Artillery and automatic gunfire pound neighborhoods. Snipers perch on rooftops, firing… Read More
EU Should Act Quickly on Syria
You can tell how serious the situation in Syria is getting by looking at the recent actions taken by its neighbors. Earlier this week, the… Read More
Turkey and Iran: Bad Timing for Trade Increase
Last Thursday, Iran and Turkey signed an agreement aimed at increasing trade between the two countries and doubling bilateral business by 2015. The agreement was… Read More
Turkey Gets It, Acquires F-35s. Obama Administration Doesn’t.
The Turkish government understands what the Obama Administration does not: Acquiring the American-made F-35 fighter jet is the most effective way to claim supremacy of… Read More
