During the 1970s there was a popular joke in Eastern Europe: “What is the difference between capitalism and communism? Capitalism is the exploitation of men by men. Under communism, it’s the other way round.” With the end of the Cold War, capitalism is effectively the only game in town.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visit to Washington, which was first brought up to the agenda on November 2012 with Erdoğan's statement to press right after the reelection of Obama as the U.S. President regarding that he would like to visit Obama, ended last week.

The terrorist attack that killed 51 people in Reyhanlı in the province of Hatay resulted in similar scenes of violence to those of Iraq and Syria. Given those scenes, what is concluded in the first place is that Turkey has increased its influence as a result of getting directly involved in the problems of the Middle East.

According to official figures from the UNHCR, 1.244 million Syrians have taken shelter in neighboring countries such as Turkey, Jordan and Iraq since April 2011, following the Arab Spring’s arrival in Syria on March 2011. Some 230,000 people are still waiting in line for registration.

May 21, 1864, is the symbolic date for the end of the Caucasian Wars and the forced relocation of 95 percent of the people in northwest Caucasia by the Russian Empire from their native lands. Those who survived the war and the genocide took refuge in the Ottoman state.

Despite all the arguments that the Ahmet Davutoğlu era has brought transformational dynamics to Turkish foreign policy conceptualization and practices in the Middle East, the word “stability” has continued to preserve its unprivileged status in the lexicon of Turkish foreign policy.

After slightly more than a decade under Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government, Turkey’s military trends are pretty promising for the future strategic posture of the nation. The first and foremost development is a drastic shift in civil-military relations towards a democratic civilian oversight of the armed forces,

The statement of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan before his visit to the U.S. shows that a new stage has been reached in Turkey's approach towards the energy issue in North Iraq. It is known that Turkey could not find what it has been looking for in Iraqi oil sector for a long time.

Of all the regions in the world, Turks have a predilection for Central Asia. This stems from ancient historical roots. Turks have a particularly strong emotional attachment toward the Kyrgyz due to sharing a common ancestry and powerful historic ties that stretch back more than a thousand years,

Clashes between Sunni protesters and the Iraqi army’s 12th Division erupted on April 23 in Hawija, a sub-district of the disputed province of Kirkuk, leading to at least 50 dead and more than 110 wounded. The clashes resulted in an increase of violence in the Sunni triangle and attacks against Sunni mosques.

Within the scope of Turkey’s negotiations with the EU on the environment chapter, ongoing since Dec. 21, 2009, Turkey is required to integrate the EU Water Framework Directive into its water-related policies, regulations and laws due to its candidate status. There are two main processes of harmonization in the directive..

Reyhanlı is my homeland. I am the descendant of immigrants. The bombs which blasted through the town of Reyhanlı in the province of Hatay hit and hurt our friends. We bled on the inside along with everyone else. While sharing in the pain of those from Reyhanlı -as well as the refugees from Syria- I thought back to my own roots.