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AIDS in the Arab World

Turning a Blind Eye

Even though an estimated 500,000 to 1 million people in the Arab world are infected with AIDS, the problem is still being marginalised. Alfred Hackensberger spoke to Elie Aaraj about opportunities for spreading awareness and prevention
Interview with Hamid Dabashi

"Islam Is an Abstraction"

Hamid Dabashi is among the most highly respected scholars of Islam in the US. In this interview with Lewis Gropp, he explains how Islam in Europe will change as a result of the influence of European culture and European Muslims
Interview with Zülfü Livaneli

"The EU Has Treated Turkey Unfairly"

Zülfü Livaneli is one of the Turkey's most influential intellectuals. Hülya Sancak talked to him about his film about Mustafa Atatürk, democracy, xenophobia in Turkey and the relationship between Turkey and the EU
Kemal Kilicdaroglu is Turkey's New Opposition Leader

Old Wine in New Bottles?

Following the resignation of the former CHP Chairman Deniz Baykal, the nationalist opposition is now placing its hopes in Kemal Kilicdaroglu. But is he also committed to a policy makeover for the politically torpid party? Answers from Dieter Sauter
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan

The Man from the Planet Ankara

He started like Obama and ended like Bush, say his critics. How Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is betraying his reforms. By Michael Thumann
No AKP Ban

Turkey Breathes a Sigh of Relief

To everyone's astonishment, the Turkish Constitutional Court has ruled against banning the governing AK Party. This gives Prime Minister Erdogan a second chance to put an end to the power struggle between secularists and Islamists. Dilek Zaptçıoğlu comments
The Hearing Regarding a Ban on the AKP

Using Secularism as an Excuse

Turkey's secularist elite would like to prohibit the AKP and would have the world believe that the Turkish people are incapable of doing anything without the guidance of the state, ergo if the people of Turkey do anything, it can only be at the instigation of foreign enemies. A commentary by Günther Seufert
Turkish Parliament Adopts Headscarf Reform

Is Freedom Now at Hand – or the Religious Police?

The Turkish parliament has lifted the headscarf ban in Turkish universities. The Kemalist opposition sees this as a threat to basic democratic values, and intends to appeal to the supreme court. Susanne Güsten in Istanbul looks at the background to the issue
Headscarf Dispute in Turkey

Veiled Debates

The dispute over the headscarf ban in Turkey is displacing more urgent discussions on present-day relations between state and religion. Both Islamist forces and the politically inflexible Kemalists who oppose headscarves benefit, writes Ömer Erzeren.
A Shift in Turkish Foreign Policy

Turkey's Strategic Depth

Ever since the AKP government came to power, Turkish foreign policy has been in a state of change: shifting from being largely passive to a dynamic, multi-dimensional diplomacy. The architect of this reorientation is Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey's new foreign minister. By Nimet Seker