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26 May 2013, Sunday |
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ORHAN OĞUZ GÜRBÜZ
o.gurbuz@todayszaman.com |
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We did not forget that the eighth president, Turgut Özal, had introduced bold reforms for the democratization and development of Turkey. |
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CUMALİ ÖNAL
c.onal@todayszaman.com |
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It truly is not easy to understand the Middle East. There are three important factors that have helped bring the region to its current point: Iran, Israel and certain kingdoms under the protection of great global powers. |
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HASAN KANBOLAT
h.kanbolat@todayszaman.com |
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Ahmet Tuna is a friend of mine from Reyhanlı. We have been friends since childhood and have shared friendship, brotherhood and our weddings. Ahmet had a son. Out of joy, he named him Oğulcan. |
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DOĞU ERGİL
d.ergil@todayszaman.com |
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After so many decades of unsolved social and political problems, public attention is finally being drawn to the structural flaws of the system that made society subservient to the state. |
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MÜMTAZER TÜRKÖNE
m.turkone@todayszaman.com |
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I intend no metaphor with the title. As soon as the prime minister announced that there will be three elections in 2014, everyone seemed to be gripped by election excitement. |
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ARZU KAYA URANLI
auranli@todayszaman.com |
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“So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief.”(Al-Inshirah 94:5-6) |
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JOOST LAGENDIJK
J.lagendijk@todayszaman.com |
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The failure of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to convince US President Barack Obama of the need to give more support to the anti-Assad opposition in Syria has been enthusiastically welcomed by several seasoned foreign policy commentators in Turkey. |
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ABDULLAH BOZKURT
a.bozkurt@todayszaman.com |
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The results of the Bulgarian national elections held on May 12 have exposed how a short-sighted and definitely ill-advised policy of sponsoring a newly established ethnic Turkish party in the Bulgarian political landscape by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in Turkey wasted some 50,000 votes cast by Bulgarian citizens of Turkish origin. |
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ABDÜLHAMİT BİLİCİ
a.bilici@todayszaman.com |
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Anatolia is great for those who have had enough of big cities. Wherever I go in this region, the dynamism and reason I see there raises great hopes. |
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İHSAN YILMAZ
ihsan.yilmaz@todayszaman.com |
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It seems that Islamism will continue to be on agenda for the foreseeable future. |
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ORHAN MİROĞLU
o.miroglu@todayszaman.com |
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When the direction that the settlement process would take became apparent, some media outlets published articles and comments arguing that this path to peace would not suit the Kurds. |