Sartaj Aziz Slams India for declining Turkey’s offer to mediate in Kashmir
The suggestion by the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resolve Kashmir issue through multilateral talks, with Turkey being the stakeholder, has been...
A Restrictive foreign policy: Is India inviting trouble?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | When diplomacy becomes brittle, foreign policies become sub-optimal. India’s diplomacy toward China and Pakistan testifies to it. Dialogue with Pakistan is...
Will Turkey become a Peacemaker between Pakistan and India over Kashmir?
Turkey, a key supporter of Pakistan, and a state on friendly terms with India has called on both countries to negotiate and resolve Kashmir...
Turkish airstrikes in Syria: Has the US lost another Middle-Eastern ally?
Mehmet Ersoy | Turkey, which keeps targeting the U.S. allies, is up to pretend that it has taken one of the leading roles in the...
What will happen to Turkey now that it has “democratically” elected a “dictator”?
Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan | Recep Tayyip Erdogan was already ruling Turkey under a state of emergency but with Sunday's YES majority (51.7%) vote, the...
Regional dynamics ensure that Erdogan’s ‘rigged’ referendum will be overlooked
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The mystique of democratic elections will never wither away. My late father used to reminisce how agonizing the waiting was in...
Erdogan’s win splits Turkey in half, opposition out on streets
Tuvan Gumrukcu and Humeyra Pamuk | ANKARA/ISTANBUL - President Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in a referendum on Sunday to grant him sweeping powers in the...
Tayyip Erdogan to visit India: potential conversation points
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a two-day visit to India, beginning April 30. During this brief visit, he will hold talks with...
Real reason why Turkey is not calling for an Investigation into the chemical gas attack in Syria?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | In principle, one country, Turkey, is uniquely placed to ask for an independent investigation into the chemical attack in the northwestern...
Turkey & Syria on same page on Kurds question
Adam Garrie | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rhetoric is at times, oddly honest, sometimes blatantly so. At other times, when he attempts to be more...
How President Erdogan is using Football to consolidate political power
James M. Dorsey | Turkish football executives campaigned this month for major constitutional change that would grant President Recep Tayyip Erdogan far-reaching executive powers. The...
US and Russian War Against ISIS in Middle East Threatens Turkish and Saudi Fault-Lines
James M. Dorsey | US President Donald J. Trump’s vow to defeat what he terms radical Islamic terrorism forces the United States to maneuver the...