Turkey’s billionaires frighten top economist Piketty
By BARIŞ BALCI Hurriyet Daily News Wealth inequality is particularly worrying for countries like Brazil, China or Turkey, which are home to more billionaires than [more >>>]
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Turks’ paranoia explained by their past
By MUSTAFA AKYOL (*) Al Monitor A poll by the Pew Research Center in October highlighted a trend in Turkish society with foreign policy implications: [more >>>]
Turkish Leader, Using Conflicts, Cements Power
By TIM ARANGO CEYLAN YEGINSU contributed reporting from Istanbul. The New York Times ANKARA, Turkey — Sprawling over nearly 50 acres of forest land that [more >>>]
Israel must not sell arms to the Azeris
By YAIR AURON Haaretz In light of the increased manifestations of hatred in Azerbaijan against the Armenians, Azerbaijan’s increasing military strength and the rise in [more >>>]
Who Lost Turkey?
By DANIEL PIPES The Weekly Standard An ally goes rogue. Only 12 years ago, the Republic of Turkey was correctly seen as the model [more >>>]
UN Security Council issues subtle warning to Turkey
By AHMET INSEL Al Monitor On Sept. 24, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution whose implementation will be much debated in the future. It [more >>>]
Armenian Maneuvers
By THOMAS DE WAAL Carnegie Moscow Center Those who want to see the Caucasus as a tidy geopolitical chessboard will be disappointed. Despite evident Russian [more >>>]
Turkey’s Imperial Fantasy
By BEHLUL OZKAN* The New York Times Istanbul — In the late 1990s, as Turkey was reeling from various political and economic crises, there was [more >>>]
Khajimba’s Challenges
By THOMAS DE WAAL Carnegie Moscow Center Who would want to be president of Abkhazia? Raul Khajimba has attained that position at the fourth attempt, [more >>>]
After Erdogan, Turkey’s Future Will Be Liberal
By SONER CAGAPTAY* The New York Times WASHINGTON — On Sunday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s longest- ruling prime minister, won the country’s first direct presidential [more >>>]