The Kurdish Closing

A Turkish court recently closed down the country’s only pro-Kurdish party. What happened to the country’s new politics of ethnic tolerance?

Vasil Kadrinov

Vasil Kadrinov

What will be better for the Roma – to have a strong Roma party or to promote polices aimed to improve the situation of the Roma through the other, non-ethnically-based parties?

Attila Durak

It’s a great freedom to say that I am Turkish American. But after 10 years of saying that, there is no Turkishness left.

Ertugrul Kurksu

Ertugrul Kurksu

An interview on anti-Americanism, Islam, and Istanbul.

Nigar Goksal

Nigar Goksal of the European Stability Initiative discusses the political climate in Turkey as regards the country’s pending EU membership; Balkanization; women’s rights; Islamic interest groups; and the Armenian issue.

Tan Morgul

Tan Morgul

Turkish journalist Tan Morgul discusses Turkey’s Kurdish population, and describes a new Turkey born of changes in politics and regional immigration.

Turkey vs. Iraq?

Turkey is massing troops on its border with Iraq. Can it be dissuaded from invading?

Northern Iraqs Tangled Web

With Turkey worried about an independent Kurdistan and the United States bent on destabilizing Iran, northern Iraq is on the brink of chaos.