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Cem Ryan Archive
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AMERICA’S WAR-HORSE HARLOTS : ALLAH’S BOYS
Posted on July 27, 2012 | No CommentsAUTHOR: James Ryan was born and raised in New York City. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he holds advanced degrees in economics (MBA) and English... -
AS HE LAY DYING by Cem Ryan
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No CommentsAs he lay dying in those autumn afternoons of 1938, Atatürk had one abiding desire. He longed for those distant days on horseback, just one more afternoon riding in the hills above the Bosphorus. He would go again with his military academy classmate, Ali Fuat, to the sultan’s hunting lodge in Alemdağ. They would once more picnic in that nearby meadow. Oh those cadet days, those days of youth. To be twenty-one again, rejuvenated. But by then the lodge was in ruins and Ataturk could barely walk. -
General Asymmetrica Rhymes With America
Posted on March 13, 2012 | 1 Comment“Probes are ‘asymmetric, psychological,’ says ex-army chief” shouted the headline in the Hurriyet Daily News, another media mouthpiece of the Turkish government, this one for consumption by English speakers. It... -
HOLY TERROR
Posted on March 6, 2012 | 2 CommentsSadullah Ergin, Turkish Justice Minister HOLY TERROR I read the news today, oh boy*. There are thousands of kids, 12-18 years old, in jail in Turkey. They have thrown stones.... -
THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT A FASCIST
Posted on June 8, 2011 | 1 CommentTHIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT A FASCIST “Remembrance of the past helps us to understand the present.” William L. Shirer The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Numbed... -
CEM RYAN INTERVIEW: KANAL B, ISTANBUL, TURKEY
Posted on March 30, 2011 | No CommentsCEM RYAN INTERVIEW 28 MARCH 2011 http://www.kanalb.com.tr/arsivliste.php?Program=85&L=KanalBProgramlar%2Fbilmek%2B28032011bilmekgerek http://www.brighteningglance.org/ryan-interview-kanal-b-bilmek-gerek-28-march-2011.html Share -
US worry about Turkish PM’s dependability: WikiLeaks
Posted on December 5, 2010 | No CommentsDiplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks to German news magazine Der Spiegel show US diplomats have doubts about Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s dependability as a partner. AFP LONDON- American diplomats... -
Erdoğan
Posted on November 30, 2010 | No CommentsERDOĞAN The prime minister of Turkey has made a policy, indeed a habit, indeed a rather nasty, sneaky habit, of listening to the private conversations of Turkish citizens. Accordingly, he has... -
DEAD HEADS by Cem Ryan
Posted on October 14, 2010 | No CommentsIt's now all the chi-chi fashion rage! The prurient fashion designing male politicians of both sides are again trying to determine what Turkish women should wear on their heads. -
DARKNESS MADE VISIBLE BY THE TURKISH ZOLA
Posted on October 1, 2010 | No CommentsOn 29 September 2010, 108 years to the day after Zola’s death, the ongoing disaster called Turkey received yet another Pinochet-style shock in its struggle to retain its secularity. -
MONKEYS IN WONDERLAND
Posted on August 22, 2010 | No CommentsSilivri is sunflower country, vast undulating sun-filled land that rolls down to the Marmara Sea about 72 kilometers west of Istanbul. Silivri Prison squats therein on spoiled high ground 72... -
A Heart of Darkness Envelopes Turkey: A Letter to President Obama (20 July 2010) English/Turkish
Posted on August 9, 2010 | 5 CommentsJAMES C. RYAN, Ph.D. [Letterhead Redacted] 20 July 2010 The Honorable Barack H. Obama President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 USA...

























