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Ali Bayramoğlu

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The tremors of 2015...

31 December 2015, Thursday

We are leaving behind a tough year. The fire enveloping the southeast, the urban wars alone are enough to describe 2015 as a problem year. This is a field of fire in which the organization turned its back to politics and the state is unable to find the political device to put out the blaze. This is not the only war where the fire licks our faces. 2015 witnessed another war in the Middle East, right beside us, grow and turn into a huge battle of sovereignty amid various powers in the regio

HDP and the death of politics

29 December 2015, Tuesday

The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) is gradually turning from a "medium for reconciliation and interaction" in the Kurdish question to a tool for "imposition and confrontation." It appears the task to carry to the public the declaration of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK), to defend and politicize it has been assumed by the HDP.The declaration in question is based on the "demand for autonomy" and wants this to be discussed. Actually, there is no problem with this or up to this point. Autono

Russian crisis: Honor and wisdom

27 November 2015, Friday

The Russian crisis is continuing with troubles. Russians are taking steps to escalate the tension and corner Turkey from all quarters. They follow a policy to introduce and show their powers and challenge. Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to show the entire world that his reputation has not been ruined and “cannot be ruined."He accused Turkey of cooperating with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). He is calling the West to protect the Kurds; he says that the resolution in

Russia- Assad cooperation and its results

24 November 2015, Tuesday

The region is burning like hellfire. But the direction of the wind is not in favor of Turkey. There are three topics arising from the Syrian territories Turkey has been accepting as threat for a long time. The first one is the existence of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and its actions. The things that this organization could do have been seen in the Diyarbakır, Suruç, Ankara and Paris attacks. ISIL supporters have already started to settle down and become organized in cities su

Rage of the order...

20 November 2015, Friday

Acts of terror, especially those toward defenseless civilians, acts that turn everyday life into a battlefield, lead to serious results in many ways.The issue of area of freedoms is one of these… After Sept. 11, 2001, we saw how this security wave restricted the area of freedom, with its permanent affects still continuing. When such of acts are committed toward open society, it causes that society to become introverted and prepares the ground for a rising “skeptic and security” mood. Today in Fr

Turkey's Syrian story...

22 October 2015, Thursday

A few days ago in Istanbul, a senior official gave a briefing on the government's position in foreign politics to a group of journalists, including me. The main topic of the briefing was Syria. With Syria in question, Turkey's relations with the West, Iran, Israel and Russia and issues like the Kurdish question, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the PKK, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) including sectarian and ethnic tensions come to the fore. The political power's policies asso

What and how will the voters prefer?

01 September 2015, Tuesday

Despite the nuisances, rise and falls that smell like crisis, an election government has been established within a complete frame of legitimacy. It's acting in the frame of the verdicts anticipated by the political system. The display, which will be revealed after the elections, and what kind of a government model will this display allow are the important matters. We've once again tested the difficulties of establishing a coalition government with the existing political array and conflicting cul

The coalition or elections?

12 August 2015, Wednesday

There is no doubt that the country is going through critical days in many aspects. While the democratic order is threatened by the jammed Resolution Process and increasing violent acts, the country is also face to face with questions related with the stability of the government. These two matters possess aspects related to each other. Since it's not possible to prevent terrorist attacks by taking security precautions, the actual and main precaution, the Kurdish issue, should be pulled to the pol

Dark Monday…

11 August 2015, Tuesday

On Monday, yesterday, the most important matter was Davutoğlu and Kılıçdaroğlu's meeting, which has not yet begun as this article was written. However, simultaneous terror attacks and news of martyrs surpassed this important development. We've experienced a Dark Monday. The Fatih Police Station in İstanbul Sultanbeyli has been attacked by a bomb-laden vehicle. As a result of the attack on the bomb defusal squad, the department chief lost his life. Three attackers were killed. Claims and informat

ISIL and coalition….

23 July 2015, Thursday

What's happening and what's supposed to happen are once again fluttering about in opposite directions. While it's necessary to band together against terrorism and violence, forget about the differences, put the political arguments aside and come together (just as it happened in many countries like Spain and recently France) after the Suruç attack, the contrary is happening. Political actors are blaming each other, and following the contribution of the press' conflicting attitude, the platform of