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TURKEY: NO LONGER A DEMOCRACY
Pro-Kurdish parliamentarians being dragged into police cars[1], assassination attempts[2] and police raids[3] are taking place towards critical journalists, death-penalty is prepared to be introduced to the legal system[4] and a purge against moderate Islamist
Read More »HAMAS DIPLOMATIC ACTIVISM: MODIFIED STRATEGIES AND NEW ALLIANCES
Many observers saw in Tony Blair’s meeting with head of Hamas’ political bureau Khaled Meshal a breakthrough that may take Hamas out of the bottleneck and may lead to a long-term truce between the
Read More »PALESTINE, ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH STATE
While analyses have abounded examining the details of the “secret” talks and evaluating the positions of the negotiating parties in the Middle East peace process, prominent Israeli writers have intensified their efforts, on “Israel’s
Read More »ESAD’IN YAKIN DOSTU GENERAL MANAF TLASS TÜRKİYE’YE İLTİCA ETTİ
Suriye’de uzun süre Savunma Bakanı olarak görev yapan deneyimli siyasetçi ve General Mustafa Tlass’ın oğlu ve Beşar Esad’ın geçmişte beraber askerlik yaptığı yakın bir arkadaşı olan Suriyeli General Manaf Tlass, İsrail’in merkez sol eğilimli
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