The Fragmented Soul of Turkey: Ataturk’s Dream and Erdogan’s Ambition
In Turkey, journalists rot in cells, professors flee abroad, and Ekrem İmamoğlu, Istanbul’s mayor, fights a battle that feels like a last stand.
In Turkey, journalists rot in cells, professors flee abroad, and Ekrem İmamoğlu, Istanbul’s mayor, fights a battle that feels like a last stand.
This could be a good window for India to remind Turkey that glass houses don’t fare well in a stone pelting contest. And India has a lot of cards to play.
Erdogan-ruled Turkey is well known for neo-Ottoman delusions and exporting of Turkic identity as well as its variant of pan-Islamism.
Turkey’s deepening ties with Bangladesh, from defence zones to Jamaat support, are geopolitical curveballs; this entire episode is yet another wake-up call for New Delhi.
Probe launched after ships sink mysteriously in the Arabian Sea raising suspicions of sabotage near the Kerala coast.
Russia and Ukraine delegations met in person for the first time since March 2022, a month after Moscow invaded its neighbor. The scene was an Ottoman-era palace on Istanbul’s Bosphorus shoreline.
Donald Trump on Wednesday met Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former Al Qaeda terrorist who is now the President of Syria. The meeting create a huge controversy.