Zeynep Koc | 17 July 2016 | AR
The night of the 15th of July has become a historical moment for Turkey. Turkish citizens, threatened by a group of Gulenist soldiers’ attempts to siege power via a coup, answered the call of President [...]
Mohammad Affan | 05 July 2016 | AR | TR
Different patterns of military hegemony and different strategies adopted by elected governments in resistance to this hegemony may be the main factors that explain the different outcomes between the successful military coup in Egypt 2013 and the failed coup attempt in Turkey 2016.
Galip Dalay | 03 July 2016 | AR | TR
Since the July 15, 2016 coup, Turkey has been living in what might be termed ‘momentous times’. Since then the country has been struggling to deal with the aftershocks of the failed coup
Galip Dalay | 29 June 2016
Regional geopolitics is shifting at an accelerated pace. While some of Turkey’s traditional security concerns and foreign policy challenges still linger, new threats are also emerging. Nevertheless
Galip Dalay | 29 June 2016
The recalibration of Turkish foreign policy has nothing to do with the departure of Ahmet Davutoglu. Turkey and Israel reached a deal to restore ties, bringing an end to a six-year-long bilateral feud on Monday. [...]
Wadah Khanfar | 29 April 2016
Khanfar: “Our Ummah needs a new type of leadership with clear vision and optimism.” Al Sharq Youth Forum’s New Era conference
Basheer Nafi | 28 April 2016
Resolving Turkey's Kurdish problem requires adopting a new vision Defeating the PKK should not be seen as the end of the road in Turkey Mustafa Ismet (1884-1973) is considered to be the second most important [...]
Wadah Khanfar | 26 April 2016 | TR
Tahrir Square in 2011 was the moment when hope was triggered in the MENA region for change.
Wadah Khanfar | 25 April 2016
The Arab world can break free of Western hegemony and internal ills It is not a reform or a renewal of our mind that we need. It is in fact a migration - a hijra [...]
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