Erdoğan on Zionism
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has never been the darling of the Jewish community, but his latest comments at a UN…
Erdoğan on British press freedom
When a foreign leader descends on the Turkish capital for a working visit, the journalists from that country…
Talking to the prisoner
Never before has Turkey been so far down the road towards peace with its Kurdish minority. In themselves,…
Turkey’s next election: the CHP’s challenge
To win the next election, Turkey’s opposition party has a mountain to climb Here’s a prediction that won’t…
The Turkey or the egg?
Consider, if you will, the curious case of Turkey’s ambiguous name. It can mean one of two things.…
Who wants to be Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu?
An opposition MP’s extraordinary racism outburst exposes the CHP leader’s troubles It all began when Birgül Ayman Güler,…
There is still hope for a Kurdish peace
The news that three Kurdish women, including a co-founder of the PKK, were found shot dead in a…
Sarıgül’s fight
On Friday morning Mustafa Sarıgül, darling of the non-CHP Turkish left, braved the cold Ankara weather to hand…
Back to where we started
Turkey is due to hold three major elections in 36 months; the polls suggest the opoosition won't win any of them
Playing politics with council boundaries
Some AK Party leaders may think tweaking Istanbul council borders is a good idea, but it probably isn’t.…