Fahrettin Altun

On Sun­day, Turk­ish vot­ers reaf­firmed their sup­port for Pres­i­dent Er­do­gan’s vi­sion for glob­al peace and sta­bil­i­ty.

The coun­try’s lead­er­ship has in­spired progress on achiev­ing zero waste at home and abroad.

Eu­rope should not re­peat its past mis­takes when re­spond­ing to the hu­man­i­tar­i­an cri­sis in Ukraine.

The EU can­not claim to be a bas­tion of hu­man rights while open­ly dis­crim­i­nat­ing against its Mus­lim cit­i­zens.

The al­liance needs to have a clear vi­sion to meet new se­cu­ri­ty chal­lenges and a com­mit­ment to mem­ber sup­port.

The econ­o­my, the Syr­i­an cri­sis and air de­fence will be among the top pri­or­i­ties of the Er­do­gan ad­min­is­tra­tion.

Re­cent at­tacks on US troops in Syr­ia demon­strate the YPG is ei­ther un­able or un­will­ing to thwart the ISIL threat.