Earlier this month, the Turkish police detained an additional round of suspects for their affiliation with Ergenekon, described as a mafia-like gang of largely ultra-nationalist Turks, many of whom are linked to various state institutions. It is (...)
ISTANBUL: Despite efforts by political rivals to spin the July 22 elections as a confrontation between Islamism and secularism (and the convenient adoption of this rhetoric by some in Europe who conceptualize global affairs and Turkey s EU (...)