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Archive of Turkish press translations

I am posting these translations with two aims in mind. Firstly, they serve as a showcase for my work. The second aim is to provide a resource for all those interested in Turkish current affairs. I select articles of a polemical nature that analyze topical issues and strive over time to include articles representing all the main ideological tendencies in Turkey. The views expressed are not necessarily my own.

title writer publication/date synopsis

Welcome Victory Evrensel
27 June, 2004 A light-hearted description of some of the arrangements made by the Ottoman authorities to welcome the visiting British battleship, HMS Victory.

The village where smoking is banned Hürriyet
19 August, 2004 A small Turkish village has imposed a total ban on smoking.

Criminalising adultery Günseli Önal

Güneri Cıvaoğlu Milliyet
7 September, 2004 In an overhaul of the Turkish Penal Code it is proposed to criminalise adultery. In the first of two extracts, one member of the sub-commission preparing the draft is reported to have his doubts on this particular matter. In the second extract, the columnist, Güneri Cıvaoğlu, assesses the impact that criminalising adultery will have on Turkey's EU membership negotiations.

Al-Qaeda in Turkey

Fatih Altaylı Hurriyet
13 September, 2004

Hürriyet
14 September, 2004 The trial of those accused of causing the November Istanbul bombing has started. In the first extract, interesting details are reported from the testimony of the accused in the trial. In the second extract, columnist Fatih Altaylı claims that the Istanbul Police may have been able to prevent the bombings if an application to tap phones had not been refused.

Property sales to foreigners in Turkey and Northern Cyprus Kıbrıs
15 September, 2004

Yeni Çağ
15 September, 2004 In the first extract, the Northern Cyprus mainstream daily Kıbrıs, 15 September 2004, assesses the impact on the construction sector of proposed legislation on property sales to foreigners. The second extract from the far-right Yeni Çağ, 15 September 2004, interviews the organiser of a petition opposing the sale of land to foreigners.

Arcelor CEO on Turkish Steel Sadi Özdemir Hürriyet
10 October, 2004 In this interview with best-selling Hürriyet, Arcelor COE Guy Dolle is upbeat about the prospects for the Turkish iron and steel sector.

Will the Cyprus question wither away? Şahin Alpay Zaman
21 October, 2004 An independent assessment of developments in Cyprus from a columnist in the highbrow Islamist daily Zaman

Should Turkey recognise the Republic of Cyprus? İlter Türkmen

Şener Levent

Ergun Olgun Hürriyet
27 November, 2004

Afrika
27 November, 2004

Kıbrıs
26 November, 2004 The first two extracts, from the Turkish best-selling daily Hürriyet and the pro-unification Turkish Cypriot daily Afrika, discuss from different perspectives Turkey's difficulties as she faces a veto from South Cyprus if she fails to recognise the Republic of Cyprus. In the third extract from the Turkish Cypriot mainstream daily Kıbrıs, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Presidential Undersecretary Ergun Olgun presents a detailed historical analysis arguing that for Turkey to recognise the Republic of Cyprus would be in breach of international agreements to which Turkey is a signatory, and would hinder attempts to find a lasting solution in Cyprus.

Is the AKP tiring? Taha Akyol Milliyet
18 February, 2005 Columnist Taha Akyol in the mainstraim daily Milliyet assesses the consequences for the ruling AKP and Turkey of the resignation of culture minister Erkan Mumcu.

The TRNC after the elections Gündüz Aktan Radikal
22 February, 2005 Writing in the mainstream, highbrow daily Radikal, Gündüz Aktan assesses the situation in the TRNC following parliamentary elections and fears that the Turkish Cypriot side will be left in a weak position in bicommunal negotiations.

The AKP will drag its feet on the EU Ali Bulaç interviewed by Neşe Düzel Radikal
18 March, 2005 Islamic journalist Ali Bulaç offers some very perceptive insights into the current political climate in Turkey in this interview with the secular journalist, Neşe Düzel.

The Constitutional Court has placed restrictions on land sales to foreigners YOL-iş magazine
15 August, 2005 This article from the Turkish Union of Road, Construction and Building Workers magazine provides a convenient summary of the current legal position for by foreigners wishing to buy property in Turkey.

Privatisation and the Rize Connection Miyase İlknur Cumhuriyet
25 September, 2005 Against a background of increasing public disquiet about the way privatisation is being conducted in Turkey, Miyase İlknur investigates the role of financier Mehmet Kutman whose name is linked with all the recent large privatisation tenders.

Will next year be worse? Ertuğrul Özkök Hürriyet
7 December 2005 Economics correspondent Ertuğrul Özkök sees no reason to be pessimistic about the Turkish economy in 2006.

An interview with Mehmet Ali Talat Dilek Çetereis Kibris
11 January 2006 President of the self-styled Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Mehmet Ali Talat, discusses developments concerning the Cyprus problem and new property laws.

Volatility in Turkish markets Tevfik Güngör Dünya
15 and 16 June 2006 Tevfik Güngör, writing in his column in the serious business daily Dünya, examines some of the causes behind recent volatility on the stock exchange and currency markets in Turkey.

There will be no peace in Cyprus before 2008 Neşe Düzel Radikal
19 June 2006 Neşe Düzel, in one of her periodic interviews for the high-brow daily Radikal, discusses with academic Ayhan Aktar the Greek Cypriot view of the Cyprus problem.

Urfa women writer's novel on customary practice Özgür Gündem
22 June 2006 This article in the Kurdish-separatist Turkish-language daily Özgür Gündem features the work of a women writer living in a conservative region of Turkey whose novels tell of the restrictions that local customary practice places on the lives of women.

Will the economy force the AKP into early elections? İsmet Berkan Radikal
23 June 2006 İsmet Berkan assesses the possibility that current economic difficulties in Turkey mey precipitate early elections.

If both sides claim to be free Şener Levent Afrika
22 April 2007 Şener Levent, writing in this pro-reunification Turkish-Cypriot daily newspaper, looks from a fresh perspective at the attitudes of people on both sides of the divide in Cyprus to the Turkish presence on the island.

The AKP is the party of the Republic's alternative elite Neşe Düzel Radikal
23 April 2007 Neşe Düzel interviews sociologist Naci Bostancı about opposition to an Erdogan presidency and changes to the balance of power in Turkey.

The president who is incapable of being president to all Cypriots Şener Levent Afrika
2 October 2007 Şener Levent's comments on the occasion of celebrations held in the south of the island to mark the 47th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Cyprus.

The expectation in the economy is for a robust exit plan Erdal Sağlam Hürriyet
6 October 2007 Erdal Sağlam, writing in the mainstream daily Hürriyet, reports that sentiment is worsening among Turkish businessmen and bankers, who now expect the AKP government to produce a robust plan to address their concerns.

We cannot understand Papadopoulos Yeni Düzen
23 October 2007 An interview with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat in which he discusses his meeting with UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon in New York on 16 October, and his thoughts on the way forward for the Turkish Cypriot community.

We are back where we started Arif Hasan Tahsin Afrika
1 November 2007 Arif Hasan Tahsin takes a wide view of the factors that have brought Cyprus to where it is today in this stark assessment of the island's perennial problem.

A new hegemony is being created Cem Erciyes Radikal
19 February 2008 Cem Erciyes in this interview with Haluk Şahin, author of the book Liberals, Nationalists, Islamists and the Others, examines the support given by liberals to the Islamist AKP.

Mümtaz Soysal on the new Republic of Cyprus President Mümtaz Soysal

Sami Özuslu Cumhuriyet
26 February 2008

Yeni Düzen
27 February 2008 In the first article, published in the mainland Turkish daily Cumhuriyet on 26 February 2008, Professor Mümtaz Soysal, who is well known for his hardline stance on Cyprus, questions the validity of welcoming the election of Dimitris Christofias as President of the Republic of Cyprus. In the second article, published in the Turkish Cypriot daily Yeni Düzen, the house journal of the Republican Turkish Party, on 27 February 2008, columnist Sami Özuslu challenges Professor Soysal's position.

All Eyes Are on the First Meeting Ödül Aşık Ülker Yeni Düzen
3 March 2008 In this interview, Turkish Cypriot Leader, Mehmet Ali Talat, assesses the propsects for a settlement to the Cyprus Problem in the wake of Dimitris Christofias' election as President of the Republic of Cyprus.

Why the AKP should not be closed Haluk Şahin Radikal
20 June 2008 Haluk Şahin argues that, with reference to the pending closure lawsuit against the AKP, this party's closure would be a grave political error.

Ergenekon's Recent History İsmet Berkan Radikal
4-11 April 2008 In this series of articles, political commentator İsmet Berkan charts the development of the organisation named "Ergenekon", which is alleged to have been planning a coup in Turkey.

Arabs, Turks and social change Haluk Şahin Radikal
26 July 2008 Columnist Haluk Şahin, noting that Arabs are reputedly horrified by the evidence of social change that they witness in television serials from Turkey, argues that Turkish society is characterised by the way it brings two mutually contradictory value systems into close proximity.

Sönmez Filament suspends production Tevfik Güngör Dunya
4 September 2008 Major Turkish producer of synthetic yarn and fibre, Sonmez Filament, has suspended production.

Let's Rejoice: They are Making Up Mesut Yeğen Radikal
30 November 2008 An anlysis of the pact that Turkey's establishment appears to have concluded with the ruling Justice and Development Party.

Neither One People, nor Two Peoples Niyazi Kızılyürek Yeni Düzen
8 December 2008 Niyazi Kızılyürek addresses an issue that lies at the heart of ongoing negotiations to settle the Cyprus problem.

Talat is worried Erdal Güven Radikal
21 April 2009 Erdal Güven assesses Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat's position as negotiator in ongoing talks to find a settlement to the Cyprus problem following the nationalist UBP's sweeping victory in recent parliamentary elections.

İlter Türkmen on Cyprus An interview with Hasan Hastürer and Aral Moral Havadis
7 July 2009 Octogenarian retired Turkish diplomat İlter Türkmen, who served as Turkey's Foreign Minister from 1980 to 1983, expresses some very frank views on the Cyprus problem.

Yaşar Kemal on the Kurdish problem An interview with Cem Erciyes Radikal
25-27 July 2009 A seminal interview with the renowned author, Yaşar Kemal, on one of the most pressing issues facing the modern Turkish state.

The 'Kurdish Initiative's external dimension Fikret Bila Milliyet
16 August 2009 Respected poltical commentator Fikret Bila discusses the connections between Turkey's 'Kurdish Initiative' and President Obama's Ankara visit.

Why is the left capable of winning in Greece and not here? Oral Çalışlar Radikal
6 October 2009 Following PASOK's sweeping victory in the Greek general elections, Oral Çalışlar discusses the reasons why the left in Turkey does not appear to be a candidate for power.

The era of ‘common currency’ trade with Iran Dünya
28 October 2009 Speaking in Tehran, Turkish Prime-Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has urged that work be speeded up on introducing a common currency for Turkey, Iran and the Russian Federation.

Eroğlu lost the election on the day he announced his candidacy Aysu Basri Akter Yeni Düzen
16 March 2010 Turkish Cypriot journalist Aysu Basri Akter assesses the significance of Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu's decision to stand for TRNC President against his own party chairman, Derviş Eroğlu.

Freedom is an indispensible part of democracy Hasan Hastürer Havadis
21 April 2010 Hasan Hastürer shares his thoughts on Derviş Eroğlu's defeat of Mehmet Ali Talat in the elections for TRNC President.

The amount of hot money rose by 9 billion dollars in March Naki Bakır Dünya
23 April 2010 The amount of foreign hot money in Turkey has risen to close to pre-crisis levels.

The CHP annulment application is ready Fikret Bila Milliyet
28 April 2010 Political analyst Fikret Bila argues that the constitutional amendment package appears certain to be challenged in the Constitutional Court.

Fiyapı has bought Garip Island Dünya
28 April 2010 Turkish construction company Fiyapı buys Garip Island for 35 million dollars.

Is there life after Baykal? İsmet Berkan Radikal
11 May 2010 İsmet Berkan describes the political scenario as he sees it following the resignation of CHP Chairman Deniz Baykal.

Is Turkey to blame for Iran’s atom bomb? Fikret Bila Milliyet
12 June 2010 In his regular column in Milliyet, Fikret Bila cautions aginst placing too much blame on Turkey alone if Iran succeeds in developing nuclear weapons.

If you don't want to sweat, stay out of the Middle East Mete Çubukçu Radikal Iki
20 June 2010 NTV news director Mete Çubukçu calls for a paradigm shift in the way that Turkey engages with the Middle East.

title	writer	publication/date	synopsis
Welcome Victory		Evrensel 27 June, 2004	A light-hearted description of some of the arrangements made by the Ottoman authorities to welcome the visiting British battleship, HMS Victory.
The village where smoking is banned		Hürriyet 19 August, 2004	A small Turkish village has imposed a total ban on smoking.
Criminalising adultery	Günseli Önal Güneri Cıvaoğlu	Milliyet 7 September, 2004	In an overhaul of the Turkish Penal Code it is proposed to criminalise adultery. In the first of two extracts, one member of the sub-commission preparing the draft is reported to have his doubts on this particular matter. In the second extract, the columnist, Güneri Cıvaoğlu, assesses the impact that criminalising adultery will have on Turkey's EU membership negotiations.
Al-Qaeda in Turkey	Fatih Altaylı	Hurriyet 13 September, 2004 Hürriyet 14 September, 2004	The trial of those accused of causing the November Istanbul bombing has started. In the first extract, interesting details are reported from the testimony of the accused in the trial. In the second extract, columnist Fatih Altaylı claims that the Istanbul Police may have been able to prevent the bombings if an application to tap phones had not been refused.
Property sales to foreigners in Turkey and Northern Cyprus		Kıbrıs 15 September, 2004 Yeni Çağ 15 September, 2004	In the first extract, the Northern Cyprus mainstream daily Kıbrıs, 15 September 2004, assesses the impact on the construction sector of proposed legislation on property sales to foreigners. The second extract from the far-right Yeni Çağ, 15 September 2004, interviews the organiser of a petition opposing the sale of land to foreigners.
Arcelor CEO on Turkish Steel	Sadi Özdemir	Hürriyet 10 October, 2004	In this interview with best-selling Hürriyet, Arcelor COE Guy Dolle is upbeat about the prospects for the Turkish iron and steel sector.
Will the Cyprus question wither away?	Şahin Alpay	Zaman 21 October, 2004	An independent assessment of developments in Cyprus from a columnist in the highbrow Islamist daily Zaman
Should Turkey recognise the Republic of Cyprus?	İlter Türkmen Şener Levent Ergun Olgun	Hürriyet 27 November, 2004 Afrika 27 November, 2004 Kıbrıs 26 November, 2004	The first two extracts, from the Turkish best-selling daily Hürriyet and the pro-unification Turkish Cypriot daily Afrika, discuss from different perspectives Turkey's difficulties as she faces a veto from South Cyprus if she fails to recognise the Republic of Cyprus. In the third extract from the Turkish Cypriot mainstream daily Kıbrıs, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Presidential Undersecretary Ergun Olgun presents a detailed historical analysis arguing that for Turkey to recognise the Republic of Cyprus would be in breach of international agreements to which Turkey is a signatory, and would hinder attempts to find a lasting solution in Cyprus.
Is the AKP tiring?	Taha Akyol	Milliyet 18 February, 2005	Columnist Taha Akyol in the mainstraim daily Milliyet assesses the consequences for the ruling AKP and Turkey of the resignation of culture minister Erkan Mumcu.
The TRNC after the elections	Gündüz Aktan	Radikal 22 February, 2005	Writing in the mainstream, highbrow daily Radikal, Gündüz Aktan assesses the situation in the TRNC following parliamentary elections and fears that the Turkish Cypriot side will be left in a weak position in bicommunal negotiations.
The AKP will drag its feet on the EU	Ali Bulaç interviewed by Neşe Düzel	Radikal 18 March, 2005	Islamic journalist Ali Bulaç offers some very perceptive insights into the current political climate in Turkey in this interview with the secular journalist, Neşe Düzel.
The Constitutional Court has placed restrictions on land sales to foreigners		YOL-iş magazine 15 August, 2005	This article from the Turkish Union of Road, Construction and Building Workers magazine provides a convenient summary of the current legal position for by foreigners wishing to buy property in Turkey.
Privatisation and the Rize Connection	Miyase İlknur	Cumhuriyet 25 September, 2005	Against a background of increasing public disquiet about the way privatisation is being conducted in Turkey, Miyase İlknur investigates the role of financier Mehmet Kutman whose name is linked with all the recent large privatisation tenders.
Will next year be worse?	Ertuğrul Özkök	Hürriyet 7 December 2005	Economics correspondent Ertuğrul Özkök sees no reason to be pessimistic about the Turkish economy in 2006.
An interview with Mehmet Ali Talat	Dilek Çetereis	Kibris 11 January 2006	President of the self-styled Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Mehmet Ali Talat, discusses developments concerning the Cyprus problem and new property laws.
Volatility in Turkish markets	Tevfik Güngör	Dünya 15 and 16 June 2006	Tevfik Güngör, writing in his column in the serious business daily Dünya, examines some of the causes behind recent volatility on the stock exchange and currency markets in Turkey.
There will be no peace in Cyprus before 2008	Neşe Düzel	Radikal 19 June 2006	Neşe Düzel, in one of her periodic interviews for the high-brow daily Radikal, discusses with academic Ayhan Aktar the Greek Cypriot view of the Cyprus problem.
Urfa women writer's novel on customary practice		Özgür Gündem 22 June 2006	This article in the Kurdish-separatist Turkish-language daily Özgür Gündem features the work of a women writer living in a conservative region of Turkey whose novels tell of the restrictions that local customary practice places on the lives of women.
Will the economy force the AKP into early elections?	İsmet Berkan	Radikal 23 June 2006	İsmet Berkan assesses the possibility that current economic difficulties in Turkey mey precipitate early elections.
If both sides claim to be free	Şener Levent	Afrika 22 April 2007	Şener Levent, writing in this pro-reunification Turkish-Cypriot daily newspaper, looks from a fresh perspective at the attitudes of people on both sides of the divide in Cyprus to the Turkish presence on the island.
The AKP is the party of the Republic's alternative elite	Neşe Düzel	Radikal 23 April 2007	Neşe Düzel interviews sociologist Naci Bostancı about opposition to an Erdogan presidency and changes to the balance of power in Turkey.
The president who is incapable of being president to all Cypriots	Şener Levent	Afrika 2 October 2007	Şener Levent's comments on the occasion of celebrations held in the south of the island to mark the 47th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Cyprus.
The expectation in the economy is for a robust exit plan	Erdal Sağlam	Hürriyet 6 October 2007	Erdal Sağlam, writing in the mainstream daily Hürriyet, reports that sentiment is worsening among Turkish businessmen and bankers, who now expect the AKP government to produce a robust plan to address their concerns.
We cannot understand Papadopoulos		Yeni Düzen 23 October 2007	An interview with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat in which he discusses his meeting with UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon in New York on 16 October, and his thoughts on the way forward for the Turkish Cypriot community.
We are back where we started	Arif Hasan Tahsin	Afrika 1 November 2007	Arif Hasan Tahsin takes a wide view of the factors that have brought Cyprus to where it is today in this stark assessment of the island's perennial problem.
A new hegemony is being created	Cem Erciyes	Radikal 19 February 2008	Cem Erciyes in this interview with Haluk Şahin, author of the book Liberals, Nationalists, Islamists and the Others, examines the support given by liberals to the Islamist AKP.
Mümtaz Soysal on the new Republic of Cyprus President	Mümtaz Soysal Sami Özuslu	Cumhuriyet 26 February 2008 Yeni Düzen 27 February 2008	In the first article, published in the mainland Turkish daily Cumhuriyet on 26 February 2008, Professor Mümtaz Soysal, who is well known for his hardline stance on Cyprus, questions the validity of welcoming the election of Dimitris Christofias as President of the Republic of Cyprus. In the second article, published in the Turkish Cypriot daily Yeni Düzen, the house journal of the Republican Turkish Party, on 27 February 2008, columnist Sami Özuslu challenges Professor Soysal's position.
All Eyes Are on the First Meeting	Ödül Aşık Ülker	Yeni Düzen 3 March 2008	In this interview, Turkish Cypriot Leader, Mehmet Ali Talat, assesses the propsects for a settlement to the Cyprus Problem in the wake of Dimitris Christofias' election as President of the Republic of Cyprus.
Why the AKP should not be closed	Haluk Şahin	Radikal 20 June 2008	Haluk Şahin argues that, with reference to the pending closure lawsuit against the AKP, this party's closure would be a grave political error.
Ergenekon's Recent History	İsmet Berkan	Radikal 4-11 April 2008	In this series of articles, political commentator İsmet Berkan charts the development of the organisation named "Ergenekon", which is alleged to have been planning a coup in Turkey.
Arabs, Turks and social change	Haluk Şahin	Radikal 26 July 2008	Columnist Haluk Şahin, noting that Arabs are reputedly horrified by the evidence of social change that they witness in television serials from Turkey, argues that Turkish society is characterised by the way it brings two mutually contradictory value systems into close proximity.
Sönmez Filament suspends production	Tevfik Güngör	Dunya 4 September 2008	Major Turkish producer of synthetic yarn and fibre, Sonmez Filament, has suspended production.
Let's Rejoice: They are Making Up	Mesut Yeğen	Radikal 30 November 2008	An anlysis of the pact that Turkey's establishment appears to have concluded with the ruling Justice and Development Party.
Neither One People, nor Two Peoples	Niyazi Kızılyürek	Yeni Düzen 8 December 2008	Niyazi Kızılyürek addresses an issue that lies at the heart of ongoing negotiations to settle the Cyprus problem.
Talat is worried	Erdal Güven	Radikal 21 April 2009	Erdal Güven assesses Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat's position as negotiator in ongoing talks to find a settlement to the Cyprus problem following the nationalist UBP's sweeping victory in recent parliamentary elections.
İlter Türkmen on Cyprus	An interview with Hasan Hastürer and Aral Moral	Havadis 7 July 2009	Octogenarian retired Turkish diplomat İlter Türkmen, who served as Turkey's Foreign Minister from 1980 to 1983, expresses some very frank views on the Cyprus problem.
Yaşar Kemal on the Kurdish problem	An interview with Cem Erciyes	Radikal 25-27 July 2009	A seminal interview with the renowned author, Yaşar Kemal, on one of the most pressing issues facing the modern Turkish state.
The 'Kurdish Initiative's external dimension	Fikret Bila	Milliyet 16 August 2009	Respected poltical commentator Fikret Bila discusses the connections between Turkey's 'Kurdish Initiative' and President Obama's Ankara visit.
Why is the left capable of winning in Greece and not here?	Oral Çalışlar	Radikal 6 October 2009	Following PASOK's sweeping victory in the Greek general elections, Oral Çalışlar discusses the reasons why the left in Turkey does not appear to be a candidate for power.
The era of ‘common currency’ trade with Iran		Dünya 28 October 2009	Speaking in Tehran, Turkish Prime-Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has urged that work be speeded up on introducing a common currency for Turkey, Iran and the Russian Federation.
Eroğlu lost the election on the day he announced his candidacy	Aysu Basri Akter	Yeni Düzen 16 March 2010	Turkish Cypriot journalist Aysu Basri Akter assesses the significance of Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu's decision to stand for TRNC President against his own party chairman, Derviş Eroğlu.
Freedom is an indispensible part of democracy	Hasan Hastürer	Havadis 21 April 2010	Hasan Hastürer shares his thoughts on Derviş Eroğlu's defeat of Mehmet Ali Talat in the elections for TRNC President.
The amount of hot money rose by 9 billion dollars in March	Naki Bakır	Dünya 23 April 2010	The amount of foreign hot money in Turkey has risen to close to pre-crisis levels.
The CHP annulment application is ready	Fikret Bila	Milliyet 28 April 2010	Political analyst Fikret Bila argues that the constitutional amendment package appears certain to be challenged in the Constitutional Court.
Fiyapı has bought Garip Island		Dünya 28 April 2010	Turkish construction company Fiyapı buys Garip Island for 35 million dollars.
Is there life after Baykal?	İsmet Berkan	Radikal 11 May 2010	İsmet Berkan describes the political scenario as he sees it following the resignation of CHP Chairman Deniz Baykal.
Is Turkey to blame for Iran’s atom bomb?	Fikret Bila	Milliyet 12 June 2010	In his regular column in Milliyet, Fikret Bila cautions aginst placing too much blame on Turkey alone if Iran succeeds in developing nuclear weapons.
If you don't want to sweat, stay out of the Middle East	Mete Çubukçu	Radikal Iki 20 June 2010	NTV news director Mete Çubukçu calls for a paradigm shift in the way that Turkey engages with the Middle East.