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The failure of cannonballs and the father of canon law
This weekend, as Turkey prepares to host U.S. President Barack Obama, I find myself thinking about cannonballs and canon law. This is a moment when we should all be focused on U.S.-Turkish ties. I have been. And my mind consistently returns to these two subjects, which, I believe, can tell something about this critical relationship Ğ or, really, about the lack of it.
We are impressed! (So are we...)
One columnist from the pro-Justice and Development Party, or AKP, media was arguing a few days ago that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s "schizophrenic Turkey" was forcefully wearing two diplomatic hats: one pro-western and the other pro-Islamic, a role which he said cannot be sustained in the long-term.
