Posted on Fri, July 5, 2013 at 20:18 pm CEST
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Is Turkey in Europe?

Is Turkey part of Europe or not?… Continue reading

Topics: Culture • Diplomacy • Europe • Germany • Politics • SouthWest Asia • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, May 17, 2012 at 19:42 pm CEST
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Turkey’s Middle East Policy of Seeking To Gobble, Gobble Up the Middle East Makes Enemies of Everyone

Countries may vary, but civilization is one, and for a nation to progress, it must take part in this one civilization… Continue reading

Topics: Neo-Ottomanism • Politics • Religion • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, September 4, 2011 at 20:07 pm CEST
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Erdogan’s War: Will Turkey’s Most Powerful Leader Since Ataturk Succeed in Securing the Country’s Unity?

Attacks carried out by Kurdish separatists since mid-July have set Turkey on the road to war… Continue reading

Topics: Kurdish People • Neo-Ottomanism • PKK • Turkey • Turkish Kurdistan 
Posted on Wed, June 22, 2011 at 23:37 pm CEST
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Look Who Wants to lead the Middle East!

In the absence of U.S. leadership, others want to direct the Middle East… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • GCC • Iran • Islamism • Israel • Jordan • Neo-Ottomanism • Saudi Arabia • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Syria • The Middle East • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, June 13, 2011 at 01:29 am CEST
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Turkey’s Election: An Islamist Revolution

By the end of 2011 more than 250 million people in the Middle East may well be living under what are in reality anti-American Islamist governments… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Democracy • Islamism • Neo-Ottomanism • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, February 10, 2011 at 17:44 pm CET
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Turkey and the Middle Eastern Revolts: Democracy or Islamism?

Turkey’s leaders have embraced the popular revolts in Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries, with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Abdullah Gül publicly urging Egyptian… Continue reading

Topics: Egyptian Revolution • Global Islam • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Jasmine Revolution • Neo-Ottomanism • The Middle East • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, February 1, 2011 at 02:13 am CET
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AKP Sees to Control Society – but can it?

The liberals who were instrumental in legitimating the ascension of the Justice and development party (AKP) are now dramatically revoking their support for the Islamic conservatives… Continue reading

Topics: Armenia • Human Rights • Islamism • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, December 25, 2010 at 00:58 am CET
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WikiLeaks Scandal Deprives Turkey’s Ruling Party of its Cherished American Cover

U.S. power still matters in Turkey, and the revelation that the AKP does not enjoy universal American support is unwelcome news for the ruling party. The perception that it enjoyed full U.S. support was instrumental in the… Continue reading

Topics: Turkey • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Thu, July 29, 2010 at 15:08 pm CEST
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British Prime Minister David Cameron and Western Suicide in Turkey

British Prime Minister David Cameron’s July 27 speech in Turkey will not live on in history. But it should, as an example of the decline of Western diplomacy, of suicide by Political Correctness… Continue reading

Topics: Britain • English • Eurabia • Islamism • The Middle East • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, December 19, 2009 at 12:49 pm CET
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Why there is a Turkish carpet on the psychiatric couch

A closer look at Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s world view, mixing Western concepts of progress, modern Turkish nationalism and Islamic traditions. But does all this go hand in hand with his attitude towards women… Continue reading

Topics: Turkey