Demopoulos and others v. Turkey
This article was written by my good friend Robert Ellis and first appeared in the print edition of Hürriyet Daily News. The non-admissibility decision a fortnight ago by the European Court of Human...
View ArticleErdogan’s Troubling Friends
This article first appeared at FrontPage Magazine. In 1974, when Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was president of the Istanbul youth group of the MSP (the Islamist National Salvation Party), he...
View ArticleEastward Bound
This article first appeared at FrontPage Magazine. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates recently blamed Europe for alienating Turkey from the West. On a visit to London last Wednesday, he stated, “If...
View ArticleCyprus – a litmus test for Turkey
Famagusta Gazette 9 April 2012 By Robert Ellis Sweden’s Minister for International Cooperation Development, Gunilla Carlsson, has confirmed in a joint article together with Turkey’s Minister for EU...
View ArticleTurkey and the new world order
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu during a joint press conference on October 20, 2012: well-known for a foreign policy which has been dubbed “neo-Ottoman” |AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED HUWAIS Supporters...
View ArticleTurkey our neighbour
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of the parliament in Ankara | AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN Turkey’s relationship with Europe is at best uneasy but at other times has been...
View ArticleTurkey’s Failed Attempt at Democratization
Turkey’s Failed Attempt at Democratization Turkey has signalled a shift from European to Islamic values. By Robert Ellis Contributor February 25, 2013 U.S. Ambassador Francis Ricciardone incurred the...
View ArticleThe demise of Turkish democracy
Events in Turkey since Dec. 17, 2013, are not a mere bump in the road but constitute a major setback for Turkish democracy. A total of 84 American foreign policy experts have written a bipartisan...
View ArticleTurkey’s culture of dissent
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is like a mousetrap salesman; the moment he plugs one hole, the mouse peeks out of the other. His latest move to block dissent in Turkey is to ban Twitter,...
View ArticleOzymandias in Turkey
The big question in Turkey at the moment is whether Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will run for president in August. There is every indication he will. At a meeting of the Justice and...
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