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Articles of the author Sayed Abdel Meguid
Pride before the fall?
Six years ago, in the summer of 2007, hundreds of thousands of Turks rallied in Tandogan Square in the heart of Ankara to protest against Recep Tayyip Erdogan's candidacy for the presidency and reaffirm the secularist identity of the Turkish state. The rally was the first in a series of Republic (...)

05 - 06 - 2013
Finger pointing in the Reyhanlõ bombings
Was it pure coincidence? Or was it part of a streak of bad luck that seems to have been plaguing the government and people of Turkey for a while? Why now? Only some weeks ago, Ankara secured an Israeli apology for the attack on the Mavi Marmara in the Mediterranean when, in late May 2010, it was on (...)

14 - 05 - 2013
Kurdish violence flares
Tuesday was no ordinary day for the inhabitants of the Turkish capital, especially those residing near the headquarters of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the upscale neighbourhood of Balgat. Just as people were getting ready for bed that evening several loud blasts in succession (...)

27 - 03 - 2013
Turkey lets off Tel Aviv
A few weeks ago a senior diplomatic source at Turkey's Foreign Ministry notably stated that Ankara's ties with Tel Aviv could improve after Israeli elections. A few days later, during a visit to Copenhagen and in an interview with a Danish newspaper, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (...)

27 - 03 - 2013
Demise of the patriarch?
The Turkish military has dominated the Turkish Republic since the overthrow of the Ottoman Empire nine decades ago, imposing its vision on political life and on a constitution drawn up by the country's founder, Mustafa Kemal Attaturk, that allows the military to interfere in civilian affairs if it (...)

06 - 03 - 2013
Syrian provocation, Turkish restraint
In his recent meeting with the executive committee of the Syrian National Council (SNC), Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu reiterated his government's support for the Syrian people. Turkey would remain in contact and consultation with the Syrian people and its representatives in the (...)

20 - 02 - 2013
Behind the embassy bombing
Turkey was headed for some tough times with intermittent terrorist attacks, the Milliyet predicted on 19 January. In a lengthy report, the Turkish daily cited informed sources close to the Turkish national intelligence agency, MIT, who maintained that there was a conspiracy to sow a wave of unrest (...)

06 - 02 - 2013
Solving the Kurdish problem
Every year, the military chiefs-of-staff in Ankara present a progress report. It's routine. It is also not new that the main focus is the fight against terrorism, a battle that has lasted for three decades so far. So, according to custom, on 27 January, the office of the chief of the general staff (...)

29 - 01 - 2013
Playing with history
Several weeks ago, Turkish Prime Minister and Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan deplored and lamented the determination on the part of some quarters in the media to denigrate the glory of Turkey's ancient forefathers. He was referring to the popular television series (...)

09 - 01 - 2013
Erdogan faces more heat
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was in for an unpleasant surprise during his visit this week to Ankara's Middle East Technical Institute (Orta Dogu Teknyk Üniversitesi — ODTÜ). He was there to preside over the ceremonies surrounding the launching of the Chinese space ship that would set (...)

08 - 01 - 2013
Turkey's many squabbles
Against a visual backdrop provided by Syrian state TV depicting scenes of normalcy in the streets of downtown Damascus, the Syrian minister of information held a press conference in which he lashed out at Ankara and its complicity in the conspiracy against Syria. Ankara appeared unfazed and (...)

25 - 12 - 2012
Turkey and the Arab Spring
Turkey, under the Islamist-inspired Justice Development Party (AKP), is now cloaked in winter which arrived late this year amidst muttered curses against climate change. People are flocking to the stores, making their preparations for the holiday season, while Christmas trees bedecking some street (...)

19 - 12 - 2012
Patriots on the border
The attention in the Turkish media accorded to Turkey's Jafari Shia community on Friday as it commemorated Ashoura, the annual mourning of the martyrdom of the Imam Hussein ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Mohamed, at the battle of Karbala, is remarkable. The ruling Justice and Development (...)

28 - 11 - 2012
Turkish generals get life
Is this justice or revenge, asks Sayed Abdel-Meguid Ankara's famous Balgat neighbourhood, where the Turkish Foreign Ministry is based, has now also become the seat of the Justice and Development Party (AKP). Several years ago, the party moved from its more modest headquarters to the newly (...)

27 - 09 - 2012
Turkey split over Syria
The civil war in Syria, and Turkey's involvement in it, may come to threaten the stability of the Erdogan government, writes Sayed Abdel-Meguid in Ankara Who exactly dragged Turkey into the Syrian quagmire? Many Turks, sceptical about their country's involvement in the civil war just across its (...)

06 - 09 - 2012
Terror in Turkey: who is to blame?
With Syria imploding on its borders, Turkey is increasingly worried about armed groups in the vicinity using force to press their demands, writes Sayed Abdel-Meguid in Ankara The past two weeks were traumatic in Turkey, where forest fires threatened border areas, secessionists struck in some areas, (...)

30 - 08 - 2012
One crisis to the next
What does the Turkish government hope to achieve in its policy towards its Iraqi neighbour, asks Sayed Abdel-Meguid in Ankara Personal disdain and divergent outlooks have been putting Turkey and Iraq at loggerheads recently, not least because the respective prime ministers of the two countries, (...)

09 - 08 - 2012
The drums of war
A Turkish military build-up on the border with Syria is causing apprehension in the region, writes Sayed Abdel-Meguid in Ankara A mood of apprehension is gripping the cities of southeast Anatolia. While the inhabitants of Gaziantep, Hatay and Mardin, many of whom are of Kurdish origin, are no (...)

05 - 07 - 2012
Turkish fury over downed plane
Syria's recent downing of a Turkish plane could have multiple repercussions in the region, writes Sayed Abdel-Meguid in Ankara A couple of years ago, Turkish-Syrian relations were good, and, undeterred by the police tactics of the Al-Assad regime in Syria, Ankara's Islamist government forged close (...)

28 - 06 - 2012
Could Cyprus pull Turkey and Israel into war?
While Ankara is keen to mend fences with Tel Aviv after recent tensions, the latter appears to be turning the tables, creating sparks over Cyprus, writes Sayed Abdel-Meguid Perhaps the watchword for developments on the Aegean- Eastern Mediterranean axis, where Turkey and Israel have been engaging (...)

31 - 05 - 2012
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