The rapporteur for the Constitutional Court of Turkey is recommending against any issuance of a decision which would ban political activities of the Justice and Development Party(AKP). Rapporteur, Osman Can, argued that charges of anti-secular activity fall under freedom of expression and cannot be grounds for closure. He reminded the Turkish high court that […]

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The rapporteur for the Constitutional Court of Turkey is recommending against any issuance of a decision which would ban political activities of the Justice and Development Party(AKP). Rapporteur, Osman Can, argued that charges of anti-secular activity fall under freedom of expression and cannot be grounds for closure. He reminded the Turkish high court that […]

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The ongoing conflict between Turkey’s secular minded judiciary and those supporting the rights of Muslim women took an ominous turn when a public prosecutor filed a lawsuit against a Turkish journalist for the Star on grounds he was inciting “people to hatred an enmity” because of his columns which argue Muslim females have the right […]

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Faruk Sens, Germany’s leading expert on Turkish life in Europe was forced to resign from the Essen Center for Turkish Studies, after a German newspaper printed a story he wrote in which he compared the plight of contemporary Turks in Germany to what happened to German Jews. His article, “Europe’s New Jews” appeared in […]

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Turkish officials presented an indictment of the so-called Ergenekon gang which is accused of attempting to incite violence as a prelude to overthrowing the government. The indictment came 13 months after the nation was rocked with news a secret group had plotted to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Erdogan and President Gul who head […]

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French President Sarkozy was able to bring together a summit of European Union and Mediterranean countries in order to establish the basis of a potential Mediterranean Union(MU). Leaders from 27 EU member states and 16 Middle Eastern and North African nations met to discuss possible projects in the areas of highway construction, a solar energy […]

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Cinar Kiper, a reporter with the Turkish Daily News, raced to the scene of the shooting at the US embassy, arriving about a half hour after the encounter which resulted in the death of three Turkish policemen and three assailants. Kiper was struck by the “sense of grim normalcy” and the lack of shock on […]

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The European Union is confronting a dilemma dealing with the current political crisis in Turkey which threatens to end hopes for that nation to become a member of the bloc in the forseeable future. Ironically, forces of secularism in Turkey which long to see their country a member of the EU in hope such an […]

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Turkey’s police detained twenty people who are suspected of organizing a coup which would overthrow the existing moderate Muslim led government of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and replace it with a staunchly secularist government. Among the twenty arrested were three retired generals including Genereal Sener Eruygar, who is a member of Ergenekon which […]

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The Turkish nation is experiencing extreme stress upon its governmental structures as rumors circulate in the capital regarding alleged plots by military leaders to overthrow the government. Last week, police arrested former generals, academics, journalists and even mafia bosses who belonged to the ultranationalist Ergenekan organization which they claimed was preparing a coup to overthrow […]

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