Sevgi Akarçeşme
Turkey owes its increasing profile and visibility not only to its proactive foreign policy and unprecedented economic success in recent years, but also to the activities of “non-state” actors across a wide spectrum. Turkish intellectuals, TV shows, aid organizations and the Hizmet movement have become important components of the country's soft power, whether they aim for it or not.
April 4, 2013
WSJ, Judiciary, Gulen Movement, and the Government
Nazlı Ilıcak
The news I read in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) took me by great surprise. Supposedly, (former Gen. Staff) Ilker Basbug’s imprisonment for life was a message from the Gulen Movement to Erdogan, saying, “Beware! You cannot seek resolution on the Kurdish issue without our permission.”
The news I read in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) took me by great surprise. Supposedly, (former Gen. Staff) Ilker Basbug’s imprisonment for life was a message from the Gulen Movement to Erdogan, saying, “Beware! You cannot seek resolution on the Kurdish issue without our permission.”
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