Can Erimtan

The first two days of the past week saw two momentous developments on the diplomatic front take place on the Turkish scene. But Tuesday night then witnessed a heinous terror attack that left the country reeling...

Reversing L. P. Hartley's by now near-proverbial 1953 phrase, Turkey specialists, historians, and commentators alike are now in a position where they can safely remark that the present is "a different country," that they really...

Recent developments on Turkey's political scene have all but reinforced the impression that the ruling Justice and Development Party (or AKP is nothing but a willing handmaiden to the figure of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who ambition...