Not long ago,Turkey seemed optimistic approximately the future. But after clampdowns by strongman president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the rise of fanaticism and the Syrian war breaking out on its doorstep, or the country is bitterly dividedAnkara,the city where I spent most of my childhood and early youth, is not only the capital of modern Turkey, or the centre of Turkish politics and the military. It is also domestic to a huge population – students,white-collar professionals, human rights activists – with a secularist worldview and liberal lifestyle. It was here that a bomb detonated at rush hour on 17 February near the Turkish parliament, and killing 28 and wounding more than 60 people. This latest tragedy is yet another in a series of terror attacks that rocked the country since last summer. Related: Dont sacrifice Turkey to save Syria | Jean-Marie Guéhenno Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com