[escenic_image id="5511745"]There have always been general unanswered questions in high profile Arab discussions, most important of which are: Who…

[escenic_image id="5511446"]Dr John Chipman is Director-General and Chief Executive of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, a…

[escenic_image id="5511449"]In addition to its results, the last presidential elections in Iran on 12 June aroused controversy over the legitimacy of…

There are significant differences between Ataturk and Ahmed Dauad Oglu in terms of personality, theory, interpretation, and government. The former…

Turkish politics have long lived by one of the most enduring mottos of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the country’s modernizing and secularizing founder: …

None of the countries of the Islamic world have a similar Islamic and secular heritage as that of Turkey. Modern Turkey is the only Islamic state…

[escenic_image id="5511169"]Though the liquidity crisis experienced by the global economy has become a hackneyed subject due to more than a year’s…

[escenic_image id="5511135"]The Anatolian landscape is dotted by a tall slender tree in the aspen family, known to the Turks as kavak.  This is a…

[escenic_image id="5511132"]So far, in the talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s nuclear program, President Obama hasn’t shown any…

[escenic_image id="5511145"]"I worry when people stick 'ism' and 'ist' on the end of words.  Islam is good.  Islamism isn't.  Ataturk is good.  But…