The Two Faces of Azerbaijan’s Mr. Aliyev
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The New York Times President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan does a masterful political Jekyll and Hyde. A cable from the American [more >>>]
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Malta’s shady deal with Azerbaijan raises questions
The Malta Independent An agreement on strategic cooperation in the field of energy appears to have been the main aim of an official visit to [more >>>]
Inside the court of Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev
By JAMES DEBONO Malta Today Other western governments have courted the Azeri dictatorship despite its abysmal human rights record. But has Joseph Muscat chosen the [more >>>]
Is Turkey’s foreign policy based on democratic values – or pan-Islamist ideology?
By BEHLÜL ÖZKAN openDemocracy This article is a response to a conversation between Richard Falk and Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, which took place on [more >>>]
Erdogan showing his true, authoritarian colors
By CENGIZ ÇANDAR (*) Al Monitor Early on the morning of Dec. 14, while waiting at an Istanbul airport for my flight to Amsterdam, my [more >>>]
Reopening of Westminster’s popular Shepherd’s restaurant raises uncomfortable questions over links to Azerbaijan
By ANDY ROWELL The Independent It’s favourite lunchtime haunt for MPs, journalists, lobbyists and spin doctors… but who exactly are its new owners? Famous as [more >>>]
French edition about Aliyev regime: ‘‘This kleptocracy has usurped power and picked up vast resources of country’’
panorama.am Aliyev clan is trying to create for himself a Western type image, but behind this facade lays corruption, rigged elections, violations of human rights, [more >>>]
Winners and Losers in the Black Sea Gas Game
By THOMAS DE WAAL Carnegie Moscow Center Calling time on the South Stream pipeline project in Ankara this week, Vladimir Putin tried to spin it [more >>>]
Will CHP face its dark past?
By MUSTAFA AKYOL Al Monitor On Nov 12, Sezgin Tanrikulu, deputy chairman of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), unwittingly initiated a controversy in [more >>>]
The siren of modern authoritarianism
By SHANNON GORMLEY Ottawa Citizen This siren is supposed to be a lament, but it sounds like a warning. Screaming across all of Turkey — [more >>>]