Bu yazı 18.04.2013 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. After the second visit to Turkey of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry within a month, and ahead of his rumored third visit, Turkey hosted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov this week. Lavrov came to attend the third meeting of the Joint…

Bu yazı 11.04.2013 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. The second visit of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to Turkey within a month, and his third trip to the Middle East since he took the office in February 2013, radiates important messages to Turkey and the region. Although U.S. President…

Bu yazı 04.04.2013 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. Offshore natural gas explorations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the last few years have created challenges and opportunities for regional countries as well as interested outsiders. Proven and hoped-for natural resources in the region are changing geopolitical calculations dramatically. Turkey, Israel, Greece,…

Bu yazı 28.03.2013 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. Almost three years have passed since a raid by Israeli soldiers on the Mavi Marmara ship on May 31, 2010, that killed nine activists, eight Turks and one Turkish-American, who were trying to attract the world’s attention to the Israeli blockade on…

Bu yazı 21.03.2013 tarihinde Hurriyet Daily News Gazetesi'nde yayımlanmıştır. It has been 10 years since the U.S. invaded Iraq and more than a year since withdrawal of its soldiers were completed. The killings, kidnappings, instability and in-fighting within the country carry on all the same. On March 19th, the anniversary of…