Yavuz Baydar
There we were. A tiny group of intellectual dissidents, unfortunate enough to be forced to exile, doomed remain outcasts from Turkey, discussing the 'Trump trauma', at a dinner table, somewhere in Europe. Gloom…
by Yavuz Baydar
If reported accurately, the European Commission will on Wednesday issue its annual so-called 'Progress Report' on Turkey, a 'report card' of sorts outlining whether or not its performance is in line with…
by BILGE YABANCI and KEREM OKTEM
Is there a minimal sense of responsibility in European policies towards the people of Turkey, or do we have to content ourselves with European realpolitik?
Early on November 4,…
by Yavuz Baydar
It happened on a special day. After the Republic Day celebrations, on October 29, Bülent Tezcan, the vice chairman of Turkey's main opposition party, CHP, was sitting at a dinner table together…
by Yavuz Baydar
Early this morning, we the deeply concerned, woke up to yet another nightmare. After the closure of 16 Kurdish media outlets on Saturday, it was daily Cumhuriyet’s turn to be raided; its…
by Yavuz Baydar
'It is not possible to say that all of those who have joined the attempt belong to that community.'
This was the response of Ümit Dündar, a four-star general who as the…
by A. Erdi Öztürk
Regrettably, some of the representatives of European Union, have been giving a bad account of themselves regarding the recent developments that are still unfolding especially after the bloody coup attempt in…
by Stephen Booth
There is, it is said, an intense dispute in the Cabinet about whether Brexit should mean that the UK leaves the EU’s “customs union”.
Turkey, which is the only country outside the EU…
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There is no doubt. What happened on last July 15, 2016 was a military coup attempt against the Turkish government. The democratic wisdom requires people condemn any coup against elected governments. In…
by M. Behzad Fatmi
In the latest in a series of terrorist attacks in Turkey since last year, Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport - Europe's third busiest - was hit by three suicide bombers. According to the…