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Turkey has become a country where the ruling party representing half of the country’s electorate is exercising...
Comment(s) 6/19/2013
June 15, not just me but millions of others in Turkey were holding breaths to see what Taksim Solidarity...
I recalled Rafi, the Canadian-Armenian whose introductory remarks to me were: “I hate you – because you are Turkish!”...
While the Gezi protests seem to be calming down, it can also be seen that the destruction the powerful...
The Turkish Art Institution (TÜSAK) is a draft law that will close down the State Theaters, State Opera...
In June, 1942, the United States Navy achieved one of history’s greatest naval triumphs over the Imperial Japanese Navy...
The Taksim protests gained another, actually several other dimensions as they entered their fourth week...
4 Comment(s) 6/18/2013
Some avid supporters of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) believe Prime Minister Erdoğan...
18 Comment(s) 6/18/2013
The government found a scapegoat for all the evil after alcohol, and it is social media...
1 Comment(s) 6/13/2013
Growing inequality between the rich and poor in Western societies has again become a key issue.
19 Comment(s) 3/29/2013
Amid the ongoing showdown between Occupy protesters and the Turkish police over the symbolic Gezi Park...
5 Comment(s) 6/15/2013
Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek responded to a tweet of mine on June 15, where I was lamenting...
17 Comment(s) 6/17/2013
You certainly can’t say that Iranian elections are boring. In 2005, Iranians surprised everybody by electing...
Comment(s) 6/18/2013
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden addressed Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the beginning of his speech...
The other night, I watched “Lawrence of Arabia” on television and was shocked again by the first...
4 Comment(s) 12/31/2012
However or wherever it ends - in Gezi Park or elsewhere - the result of the Gezi Park rebellion...
1 Comment(s) 6/14/2013
So the world’s a mess. The view from Istanbul across Asia to Mumbai is one of chaos and despair. Hundreds of thousands of refugees ...
1 Comment(s) 3/1/2012
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan could not take it when young people started a protest against the building...
3 Comment(s) 6/17/2013
Something interesting is happening in Turkey. First of all, I see empathy on the streets
Although the events that began in Gezi Park have calmed down, the problem is not yet resolved
5 Comment(s) 6/14/2013
It has been almost a year since the Syrian people began their uprising, following the arrest of over a dozen children for painting ...
9 Comment(s) 3/10/2012
One of the challenges of democracy is how to balance individual freedoms with the security needs of the state
2 Comment(s) 6/13/2013
How did the Gezi Park incidents affect the business world?
1 Comment(s) 6/18/2013
Today, hundreds of thousands will meet in Diyarbakir, among them the extremely angry and sad.
Comment(s) 1/18/2013
Ankara’s policy of targeting the Bashar al-Assad regime in Damascus is Turkey’s most brazen foreign policy...
4 Comment(s) 4/29/2013
The countdown has begun once again in the land of the pharaohs
Comment(s) 6/15/2013
Considering the dramatic events that have been taking place during the previous days, June 11 looked initially...
4 Comment(s) 6/17/2013
Will the government manage to disperse the Gezi Park and the solidarity protests in almost all the cities...
10 Comment(s) 6/14/2013
So far the Justice and Development Partly (AKP) government has won all the political struggles...
Comment(s) 6/13/2013
There have been symbolic moments reflecting the fundamental changes in the evolution of Turkey’s democracy...
3 Comment(s) 6/18/2013
A few months ago, a European diplomat had asked why nobody took to the streets...
19 Comment(s) 6/18/2013