Last week Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK, called for a ceasefire with the Turkish state. The announcement garnered widespread international coverage largely because the announcement was made to coincide with the Persian/Kurdish New Year and not long after the government announced...

One month ago two foreign journalists were abducted in Syria and are still reported missing. Correspondent Bashar Fahmi, a Jordanian national of Palestinian origin, and Turkish cameraman Cuneyt Unal were working for the US government funded broadcaster Al-Hurra when they disappeared in the northwestern city of Aleppo on 20 August....

With the news that Syrian bullets have entered Turkish territory, will the Turkish government establish a 'safe zone' along the border? Establishing a buffer zone would require boosted military presence along the border and will surely further strain relations if not inflame them. As one Turkish broadcaster recently put it...

"We were glad to see the back of Saddam Hussein and the Taliban," An Iranian foreign ministry employee whispered in my ear at a conference in Istanbul, a year after the disputed Iranian elections of 2009. These wars benefitted Iran by disposing of two common enemies and replacing them with...

Turkey has surpassed the likes of China, Iran and Russia, when it comes to the number of journalists/authors in prison, many of whom are being held without charge. At the time of writing this, anywhere between 70 to 100 journalists/authors sit in Turkish cells, their pens silenced for having an...

As the internet swarms with reaction to Ofcom's decision to take Press TV off the Sky platform in the UK, the channel is further discrediting itself by ignoring the claims of foul play. Instead of taking the necessary steps to stay on air and protect its employees, Press TV claims...