Opinion

In the 1970s there was a cult film, “Midnight Express”, directed by the young Oliver Stone. It was based on the story of an American who was sentenced to...

Turkey is facing the largest wave of terror attacks in its history -- in the past six months alone, the country has been hit by five deadly attacks. The...

Europe and the Middle East are facing the biggest challenge from terrorism. Devastating attacks in Brussels are the latest phase of the war on Europe declared by the so-called...

Till the re-release of Mustafa Özkent's LP "Gençlik ile Elele" (Hand in Hand With Youth) by ‘’Finders Keepers Records’’ among the Anatolian Invasion Series, Özkent was only known by...

There must be a digression to my childhood and an abbreviated recounting of what is known as a “sick joke” prior to discussing what happened in Brussels on 22...

If there is one man in Africa who combin­es kindness, authoritarianism of right a­nd rationed proportions with nevertheless a deep commitment to democracy, it is Olusegun Obasanjo. He has...

You cannot save what is already lost. You cannot lead if nobody follows. Such is the plight of the Republican Party. The rank and file membership is hurtling towards...

Conflating Islam with Islamism has sparked a dangerous discourse in which the majority of Muslims, who are not Islamist, bear the brunt. The attack on the Muhammad cartoon contest...

Turkey has its unique figures in fields ­such as politics, music, culture and art­ so bizarre that they cannot be classifi­ed in universal terms. Özdemir Erd­oğan falls into this...

Was the cultured and sophisticated Itali­an writer, Oriani Fallaci, speaking for ­the large numbers of working class peopl­e who end up being the ones who usually ­play host to...