Opinion by “The National” When the Islamic Justice and Development Party assumed power in Turkey seven years ago, it resolved to re...
Dreams from their fathers
Turkey?s canny foreign minister seeks to pursue delicate diplomacy all around WHEN the official result of Iran?s contested presidential election was a...
The ugly truth about the Kurdish question — the Armenian question!?
By Orhan Kemal Cengiz If we could discuss the Armenian question openly, if we could confront the Armenian tragedy, there would not have b...
Erdogan admits Turkey’s ‘fascist’ past
By Thomas Seibert, Foreign Correspondent ISTANBUL // Turkey?s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has become his country?s first head of gove...
Erdogan’s Davos Problem
By Harout Ekmanian Azad-Hye Special Last week Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin delivered the keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the...
EU sees true reformist in Turkey’s president
By Thomas Seibert, Foreign Correspondent of Abu Dhabi based “The National” ISTANBUL // As the reform drive of Turkey?s government has slow...
The rebirth of Pan-Turkism?
By John C. K. Daly As the USSR recedes further into history, the post-Soviet Turkic nations of the Caucasus and Central Asia are rediscovering ...
The problem: common history and particular identity
By Dogu Ergil ?Identity? has become the center of focus of both politics and social science lately. Until recently, we were talking about nationa...
The 'genocide bill' and Turkey's red lines
Editorial by Yusuf Kanli In punishing the US for a House panel marching over Turkey?s ?red line? regarding Armenian genocide charges, Turkey mu...
U.S. State Department issues scathing report on Turkey's dismal record on religious freedom
By Appo JabarianExecutive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine 21 September 2007 On September 14, the U.S. State Departm...