Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s arrogant response to newly elected Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akıncı’s comments about a more equal, brotherly relationship with Turkey has met with scorn . . .
Archives for April 2015
To heal historical wrongs, both honesty and magnanimity are needed
Turkey has once again missed the opportunity to look back at its history with a critical and analytical eye, acknowledging the suffering of others as well as its own. Instead, the usual narrative has . . .
Turkey digging itself deeper on the Armenian question
When will Turkey’s rulers realize that they cannot have it both ways? They cannot bask in the glory of their Ottoman legacy while refusing to deal with its historical burdens. For them, the past . . .
Turkish media’s unending trials and tribulations and the awkwardness of Europeans
Today was one of those times I would have given anything to be a fly on the wall in the rooms where the two top European diplomats spoke to Turkish officials in Ankara. While the Dutch journalist . . .
A sorry state of affairs in Turkey
This week’s sad but equally bizarre events in Turkey have shown us it is not just the blatant disregard for the rule of the law that we should be worried about but the core values and ideals that . . .