Kas 28, 2006 | Iranian motives, U.S. intentions; Changing course in Middle East? için yorumlar kapalı
The Washington Times
BYLINE: By Tulin Daloglu, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Developments in and about Iraq and U.S. involvement in the region over the course of the last few weeks have served as an ever-growing chorus of both fear and possibility of what the situation in the Middle East is becoming.
Read the story »Kas 21, 2006 | Single-party rule; Like Americans, Turks demand results için yorumlar kapalı
The Washington Times
BYLINE: By Tulin Daloglu, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The midterm election results are a pretty clear indication that voters were looking for a change; they were making a statement about the war in Iraq. But sometimes change can be even worse than the status quo.
Turks voted for change four years ago, as a statement against corruption. Yet when they voted out the old politicians, they were not endorsing political Islam via the Justice and Development Party that came to power.
Kas 14, 2006 | Turkey’s EU accession; Ankara should reach out to China, Japan için yorumlar kapalı
The Washington Times
BYLINE: By Tulin Daloglu, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Two things happened last week that are crucial to understanding the realities of the new world order shaping up in and around Turkey.
First, the European Commission’s much-anticipated annual Turkey report was made public, stating that unless Turkey fully recognizes Greek Cyprus in less than two months, accession talks will come to a hold. With this final push on Cyprus, Europeans should be expecting Turkey to voluntarily withdraw its pursuit of EU membership.
Kas 7, 2006 | Cultural dynamics; Turning pages in U.S., Turkey için yorumlar kapalı
The Washington Times
BYLINE: By Tulin Daloglu, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Voters head to the polls today after weeks of obsessive punditry, predictions and attempts to make broad statements about how various groups will cast their ballots.
Read the story »Kas 7, 2006 | Cultural dynamics; Turning pages in U.S., Turkey için yorumlar kapalı
The Washington Times
BYLINE: By Tulin Daloglu, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Voters head to the polls today after weeks of obsessive punditry, predictions and attempts to make broad statements about how various groups will cast their ballots.
Will evangelicals vote Republican? Will Muslims choose Democrats? How will Hispanics with whom President Bush has made significant inroads cast their ballots? Or will they choose to stay at home? What’s more, is it fair to focus on ethnic and religious differences of people to predict how they will make up their minds at the ballot box? Why is there such a growing trend all around the world?