There was a huge explosion, extremely loud. The roof came down. Inside the airport it is terrible, you cant recognise it, the damage is big, said Ali Tekin, who was at the arrivals hall waiting for a guest when the attack took place.
The police probe shows how serious the power struggle between the movement and the government has become, said Ali Tekin, a professor of political science at Yasar University in Izmir. They are engaged in a struggle to determine the countrys direction. It is a struggle about who will lead the co
"This will have a very positive effect (on the EU bid) in the long run," said Ali Tekin, a professor at Yasar University in Izmir, western Turkey. "In the past Turkish youths used to rely on the military to provide the checks and balances. Now they are taking it into their hands."
"Syria is aware that Turkey cannot go a step further," said Ali Tekin, assistant professor of International Relations at Ankara's Bilkent University. "The Turkish people don't want a war and there are no vital national interests at stake to warrant a war. Syria sees this."