Eurasia

The Turkish government has said it welcomed a motion adopted by the Danish parliament, which ruled in reference to the mass killing of Ottoman Armenians in 1915 that neither parliaments nor governments should be places for historical controversies.

Greece does not often have the chance to show the world the value of an independent judiciary and of other democratic institutions, the chance to honor the principles of Europe.

Turkey's Foreign Ministry said Greece was protecting coup plotters and failing in the fight against terrorism after the Greek Supreme Court ruled on Thursday against the extradition of eight Turkish soldiers wanted over an attempted putsch.

Public surveys help us to assess the preferences of citizens on a variety of issues. The Turkish Studies Research Center of Kadir Has University in Istanbul has been conducting the Social and Political Trends of Turkey Survey since 2010. The latest, which was conducted in 26 provinces across Turkey with 1,000 people between Dec. 7 and 16, 2016, was released on Jan. 12.

Spending a weekend in Germany is a mind-opener. It gives any person who is living under the constant news bombardment in Turkey time and space to see the real Europe that is not told to us on pro-government TV stations.

A recent poll conducted by Kadir Has University (KHAS) shows that there has been a huge consolidation on the right-wing of Turkish politics, with grassroots support for the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) leadership reaching very high levels, according to Hasan Bülent Kahraman. 

What are the values that come to our minds when concepts such as pious, modern, European and Middle Eastern are mentioned? 

This may sound unrelated, but it is not. At the basis of many of our fights lie the different meanings we have attributed to these concepts. 

The military has lost its decades-long status as Turkey's most trusted institution following the failed coup of July 15, according to a recent poll.

There is no doubt that terrorism is Turkey's most important problem. It does not therefore come as a surprise when it tops the "most important problem" list in public opinion polls, like the recent one conducted by Istanbul's Kadir Has University in which 35 percent of respondents said it was the key problem facing Turkey.

Turkey's tourism sector, which has been hit by several factors, needs four years to rebound, according to a leading sector representative. 

"The next six months will matter a lot. For a full recovery, we need at least four years on the condition that all the conditions go well," said the head of the Hotel Association Turkey (TÜROB), Timur Bayındır.