Last week, the public agenda in Turkey has been busy with three main topics. First topic was the statements made by both opposition and government politicians, regarding the current Afghan refugee crisis. Second was the meeting between the Turkish President Erdogan and the Emirati Security Adviser Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, hinting to a possible rapprochement between the two countries ...

By Mehmet Emre Öztürk The crisis in Afghanistan has created a new agenda in Asia-Pacific. The recently published article of the Wall Street Journal, which claimed that the US considers transferring Afghan refugees to its overseas military bases, including those in South Korea, has caused great echo in the said country. The South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong spoke on ...