Today is one of those days when the questions are more striking than the answers. Do I write about the dithering Turkish Central Bank that finally overcame its indecision and did the inevitable, . . .
Archives for January 2014
HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY- NEVER AGAIN!
27 January is the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz in 1945. 69 years on, remembering millions of Jews and others killed during the Holocaust is more . . .
WHAT IS WRONG WITH TURKISH POLITICS?
At the end of another volatile week, with the continuing political turmoil beginning to damage country’s economy, you may rightly ask what is right with it. Here is my list of the five crippling . . .
TURKEY AND THE EU- PRINCIPLE VERSUS PRAGMATISM
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s first visit to Brussels in five years went smoother than expected on the surface but there were tense moments and heated exchanges behind the scenes. As the . . .
TURKEY AND SYRIA – SWIMMING IN DANGEROUS WATERS
Geneva II, the international conference starting on the 22nd January in Switzerland to find a political solution to the conflict in Syria faces an almost impossible task. Yet, with more than 100 . . .