Kleptocracy, hypocrisy, yet democracy
Not again. Corruption, corruption, corruption. Doesn’t he have any other topic? It is just a cover-up for incompetence. The economy will never grow if people are afraid of being caught.…
Costly secrets
IN governance, truth, like air in the stratosphere, comes rarefied. No voter expects politicians to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. What a voter does…
Talking Turkey
WHEN the UAE-Israel deal was announced, the two Middle Eastern countries that most vociferously condemned it were Turkey and Iran. While Iran’s position is consistent with its policies, and informed by the…
New status of Hagia Sophia
THE reversion of the celebrated Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque is perhaps the most telling sign of the rolling back of Turkey’s secular character and a reflection of the…
Unpleasant truths
Some unpleasant truths but food for thought. First of all, the way all politicians consort to lying, distortion of truth, abusing others and bragging about their own so-called achievements. Can…
Biden’s Turkey challenge
Like multiple foreign policy challenges in countries such as Afghanistan, China nad Russia, another key challenge for the incoming Biden administarion will be how to deal with a more assertive…
‘Resist, my people’
The recent decision by the UAE to normalize relations with Israel has been termed a “stab in the back” by Palestinian leaders. This move by the UAE makes it the…
Turkey support key as US seeks to hold on in Syria
The Islamic State group may be on the run from its last bastion in Syria but the United States is gearing up for a longer stay in the country. And…
An infallible bond
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressing a joint session of parliament in Pakistan put in a nutshell the bonds between Pakistan and Turkey, by saying that the “Pak-Turkey friendship…
Joint television channel
Voice is power. The loudest and the most repetitive voices induce influence and action. In a world spilling with messages, advertisements, breaking news, statements, the mind is overloaded with information…
