Erdoğan: Flight of fancy
Naming it after an Ottoman sultan, Turkish president Tayyip Erdoğan inaugurated the mosque in Ankara's airport which was a "critical...
Brexit: Not with a bang but a referendum
Britain has voted to cut ties with the EU contrary to most economists and market leaders advice. Here your typical 'Leave' voter explains...
It was the Bremainiest of times, it was the brexiest of times.
Populist demagogues come in all shapes and sizes but it appears that in the social media age, the more emoji-like they are, the more...
Assad: In me we trust
Addressing the newly formed Parliament this week Syria's President Bashar al-Assad did not mince his words about the righteousness of his...
Putin: Kyrie eleison
In his recent trip to the monasteries of Mount Athos in Greece (seen here with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch...
Socia Media in Turkey: Instacensored
This news item—a Turkish ex beauty queen, Merve Büyüksaraç, posting a satirical poem about Erdogan on her Instagram account and then...
