Although visa-free travel is the right of Turkish citizens, widespread Turcophobia in Europe might prevent it.

Although visa-free travel is the right of Turkish citizens, widespread Turcophobia in Europe might prevent it.

The sudden interest of both parties in each other is entirely due to the refugee crisis.

The president has become an anxious man trying to ensure his future at all costs.

Political progress may still occur and healing may start between the people and their government.
![Selahattin Demirtas, co-chairman of the Pro-Kurdish Peoples'' Democratic Party (HDP), cheers with his party''s members during a gathering to celebrate the party''s victory in Istanbul [REUTERS]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/941ffeb5598e404fb3fec4b97186e604_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The election of a pro-unification leader in Northern Cyprus may pave the way for the tiny island to finally be reunited.
![Turkish Cypriot newly elected leader Mustafa Akinci with his wife Miral wave to his supporters after he won the leadership election in the Turkish Cypriot breakaway north [AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/099bbf7bb57641c4ae21edbe6e62a469_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
As the centenary of the mass killings nears, Turkish officials will lambast anyone who dares uses the ‘G-word’.
![People visiting the Armenian ''Genocide'' Memorial in Yerevan [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/5d7cca486919488dbd34746bfa81db7f_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Turkey’s military operation in Syria was an act of compulsion rather than free will.

The Charlie Hebdo controversy may put an end to whatever press freedom is left in Turkey.
![Even the publication of four pages is a bold move in the Muslim world, writes Aktar [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/201511583022929734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Rewriting history according to one’s own religious beliefs is a highly controversial and perilous enterprise.
![Erdogan would have done better to recall the anti-Islamic zeal of Spanish conquerors of America, writes Aktar [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/20141124132650155580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Inconsistent Turkish policies and fear of the birth of a Kurdish nation-state are bungling regional
![Female members of the PKK near the frontline of the fight against ISIL in Makhmur [Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2014929123418835734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)