Any normal business would tremble in the face of a $2.5 billion tax fine. But in the case of Dogan Yayin, Turkey’s largest media corporation, most are betting that...

Until Turkey invaded Cyprus in 1974 Greek Orthodox Cypriots had access to the many Christian religious sites in the northern part of the island. Many of them,...

Few here doubt that the case began with something threatening: in June 2007, 27 hand grenades and fuses were found in the attic of a house in an Istanbul slum....

As is well known the American people are well informed and versed in international affairs and when evaluating nations they draw on their deep understanding to form...

The sharp rise of crime in Turkey for the last decade is mainly from high growth of population and local immigration. Unemployment and deprivation have caused dense...

The Israeli Member of Congress: I had previously and partially written about this, but it merits its own post and an extension. Members of Congress routinely make...

Yesterday I wrote that Turkey may be warming up to Israel: Israel has been panicking about its souring relations with Turkey. The loss of Turkey would further...

Recent months have not seen the best of relations between Turkey and Israel. Turkey was the second Muslim nation to recognize Israel in 1948 (after Iran), and since...

Turkey and the UN’s nuclear watchdog have confirmed they are discussing a proposal to allow Iran to store some of its enriched uranium in Turkey. Iran is under...

Sema Ergezen teaches biology to Turkish students interested in teaching science themselves, and she has long struggled with her students’ ignorance of, and...

A decade ago, the Turkish military was on the Syrian border. Both Middle Eastern nations were not a war both tensions hampered cooperative relations. Tensions due to...

The first Mosque was built by the first community of Muslims (umma) in Medina el-Nabi (City of the Prophet) near the western coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Every...

With Turkey’s prospects for joining the European Union growing more elusive and the country reaching out to predominantly Muslim countries with a vigor not seen in...

Turkish website hackers are on rampange defacing government and media websites in developing countries. The latest casuality in the Kampala dispatch (a newsletter) that...

Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently increased tensions between his nation and Israel after stating in an interview with a British daily (during which...

If you get money, the world is a big place for you, and less demanding. This comes true for businessmen as Pakistan and Turkey signed an agreement on Monday, October...

Almost all of 77 million people in Turkey are Muslim, but signs of Islamic faith are noticeably divorced from everyday life. But a growing number of Turks are joining...

As Lisbon Treaty seems to come into force also the enlargement process in the Western Balkans got new boost. On 14 October 2009 the Commission adopted its annual...

The border crossing by 34 Kurds from Iraq to Turkey on Monday might not seem much of an event, in a region plagued for decades by a conflict which has cost tens of...

Turkey was the second Muslim nation to recognize Israel in 1948 (after Iran), and since then both nations have been allies. In 2008, bi-lateral trade topped $3 billion....