The Turkish president took swipe at the LGBTQ+ community and at social media as he announced new measures to encourage child birth. Turkey Analysis Saudi Arabia, Turkey find early common ground on Syria, will it last? Despite supporting the armed opposition in the earlier parts of the Syrian ...
Pressured by Israel and a suspicious United States, Syria is taking steps to build a loose-knit regional alliance by turning its immediate neighbors from potential enemies into useful allies.doi:DOI: 10.1016/S0196-8904(01)00113-3A. Jakovics...
On Nov. 15, President Erdogan hinted a legal amendment could be put forth to allow political parties to form alliances before the upcoming parliamentary elections. "Pre-election alliance can be considered," he said. The ruling party has been working for amendment on the Elections and Political P...
I told the truth, as usual. One by one, they felt my biceps, then my thighs. I asked each politely one by one how old he was. As it happens, older Turkish men are all terrific liars, no exception. Men obviously in their early sixties would announce on their fingers: I am 83. I...
as the UK Parliament was considering joining the by then year long US & 13 nation coalition of bombing Syria, I attended aDon’t Bomb Syria rally. A year later and the situation is worse, not only in Syria but also in surrounding nations. 15 years of invasions, interference, and increased...