Topic: Turkey
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in Ankara for a visit aimed at repairing relations with Turkey damaged over the Iraq war. "The Obama administration has a chance to rebuild on a better footing after the most acute problems accumulated ...
Fatma, our cleaning lady, walked in yesterday--all smiles and with a newspaper in hand. Of course, Barack Obama hardly has anything in common with Fatma, or with thousands of Turks cheering his election victory on Tuesday. At the more official level, Turkey ...
There is no doubt that much of the Muslim world is rooting for Barack Obama in the U.S. presidential race. And all this has little to do with Barack Obama himself.. In this case, the political establishment in Ankara and Turkey's secular ...
From Afar, Armenians Closely Watch Maneuvering in U.S. Congress Over Genocide ResolutionThe chatter these days in Yerevan's Anahit Deluxe beauty salon isn't only about hairstyles, celebrity gossip or the coming winter — it's also about whether the U.S. Congress will agree that ...
I had a conversation today with Zeyno Baran, the Turkish-born scholar and analyst, in which I asked her what she forecast for the outcome of the diplomatic crisis between Turkey and the US over the Armenian genocide resolution. She said that if ...