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Turkey Charts an Independent Foreign Policy

Opinion
No attacks in Turkey’s major cities have occurred in the past two years, but the effort to uproot Fethullah Gulen’s violent cult (FETO) from state institutions and the military, which is directly related both to improved institutional performance and the more stable security environment, still continues.

Does Turkey have a brain and wealth drain problem?

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It is true that the fight against the PKK terror inside and outside Turkey, and the dismantling of FETO (the terror organization which had infiltrated the state and perpetrated a bloody coup on 15 July 2016) members from the state have damaged, to an extent the country’s democracy.

Who did Kemal Kilicdaroglu Want to Please with his Germany Visit?

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Thus, the question arises as to whether Turkey’s second biggest political party, which acts as the main opposition party as well, does not have any information about these facts? Or, did the CHP leadership deliberately take this step in order to achieve some –local elections motivated– goals in so-called HDP strong provinces? During Kilicdaroglu’s two-day visit to Germany he did not problematize Germany’s ambivalent behaviors with respect to issues such as the PKK and FETO.