Is Russian Cultural Hegemony in Central Asia Finally Over?
Days of the undisputed Russian cultural hegemony in Central Asia are over and now it is time to focus on the common future.
Opinion
FETO’s Civil Administrators and their Trips Abroad before the Coup Attempt
The trips, relationships, meetings and other evidence are strong enough to prove FETO members’ finger in the coup attempt, whereas…
Russia’s Grand Strategy: Threats, Risks and Obstacles
The real challenge for Russia is tied to her ability in dealing with internal structural problems and its relationship with…
Viewing Contemporary Turkey and Pakistan through Television Series
For a century now structuralists and post-structuralists have been arguing about the arbitrariness of meaning of symbols and words; the…
Parties, Politicians and Dispositions towards the July 15 Coup Attempt
While the July 15 coup attempt and the immediate aftermath produced a unified synergy in favor of democracy, in the…
Mosul in Ruins, Kirkuk Awaits a Similar Destiny: What can Turkey do?
Turkey should give clear signals to both al-Abadi and Iran that Kirkuk is an issue that touches its national security…
The Rise and Fall of FETO in Turkish Politics
FETO, a religious criminal cult and led by the US based cleric Fetullah Gülen, is a bizarre political phenomenon. It…
Germany’s “New Free Policy”
There is a newspaper, published in Frankfurt and sold along with Frankfurter Allgemeine, Le Monde, Le Figaro, El Pais and The Guardian at kiosks in Europe: Yeni…
July 15th and the Youth: A Fresh Perspective
On the anniversary of the July 15 coup attempt, I have talked with a couple of young people of different…
US failed to stick up for Democracy in the Night of July 15 Coup Attempt
When the international responses to the democracy-suspending coups staged throughout Turkey’s political history are considered, the initial silence of the…
Who are the Gülenists?
The former congregation and the current Gülenists (FETO members) buried its secretive facet into the cold waters of politics, while…
How Gülen adopted the Assassin’s Strategy
Even if Fetullah Gülen did not examine and take after Hassan-i Sabbah and his Hashashin – which is very possible – it’s definite…
Coups of TIME
TIME, praising all the military coups that happened since May 14 1950, Turkey’s transition into multiparty system, seized the opportunity…
How FETO works as an Intelligence Network and Criminal Enterprise
On July 15, 2016, Turkey foiled a military coup attempt orchestrated by the Fetullah Gülen Terror Group (FETO), which has…
The Status of the July 15 Coup Trials
Conducted by the Ankara 17th Heavy Penal Court and known to the public as “the July 15 coup attempt lawsuit”…
Intra-Kurdish Approaches to the Independence Referendum in Northern Iraq
The referendum and possible independence process gets even more complicated when the non-Kurdish actors –both within and out of Iraq-…
NATO, the Fight against Terror, and Intelligence Sharing
Since the end of the Cold War, the expectations from the NATO’s missions have changed. The NATO has been challenged…
The Journey of a Soul: Ayşe Şasa
An elderly woman said “You assume that life is over, but it suddenly starts over, again and again.” Ayşe Şasa,…
Can Turkey benefit from a Strategic Alliance with Russia?
Turkey’s relations with the US are expected to stay fragile due to Washington’s insistence on supporting the PKK in Syria.…
