“Metin Cihan, a Turkish journalist exiled in Germany, has documented what a growing number of observers see as Turkish duplicity: all talk and no action , Turkey speaks out against Israel but without cutting trade ties. “Basically,’ explains Henri Barkey, emeritus professor of international relations at Lehigh University (Pennsylvania), ‘Israel and Turkey find themselves in similar situations in Syria. Both occupy a significant amount of Syrian territory. They face parallel security challenges: the Kurds for the Turks, and Hizbullah and other groups for Israel. Neither wants to see the Iranians return, even though that’s unlikely to happen.’ The weakening of Iran, a historic rival, suits Turkey.” The article is available in 9 languages. Socio-economic indicators and political prospects Türkiye's Gini Realities: The top 20% of earners capture 48% of total national income , whereas the bottom 20% receive just 6.4%. The richest segment earns roughly 9 times more tha...
“The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.” —Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilisation and the Remaking of the World Order, 1996, p. 51