Vladimir Putin’s freeing and then expulsion abroad of Ilmi Umerov and Akhtem Chiygoz, two leaders of the Crimean Tatar Milli Mejlis, follows the scenario the Soviet Union used under Leonid Brezhnev when it expelled political opponents...
Crimean Tatar leaders Akhtem Chiygoz and Ilmi Umerov, who were sentenced in occupied Crimea in politically motivated trials, have been reportedly pardoned by Russian President Vladimir Putin and have landed in Turkey, multiple sources...
2016 was a bad year globally and Turkey had more than its fair share of misfortune, most tragically the failed coup attempt of 15 July 2016. One year has passed since a renegade group of military officers directed by their...
The word “nationalism” has a negative whiff in the Western World due to historic reasons. Moreover, phenomena such as Brexit and the rise of xenophobia, which strengthened the anti-globalist, anti-immigrant and anti-union sentiment in...
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said at a press conference in Kyiv that his country does not recognize the Russian occupation of the Ukrainian peninsula. “Turkey fully supports the territorial integrity, independence,...
When Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich IV denounced the Pope to retain his powers over the clergy, the Pope, Gregory VII, excommunicated him, which led to a lengthy struggle between the secular rulers and the church. German noblemen did not...
Vladimir Putin will continue to escalate the conflict not because he is strong but because Western leaders are not only weak but have, with the possible exception of Turkey’s Erdogan, been intimidated and desperately want to reach...
Free independent media is a necessary condition for democracy to function in any country. Censorship, on the other hand, is rampant in all its forms in dictatorships. These definitions may be relevant in a black and white world; in...
