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Turkey as a role model
Posted on May 23, 2012 | No CommentsThe visit of the Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, coincided with a period wherein, the gulf between the Pakistan’s government and the opposition has dangerously widened, and is compounding... -
A Visit with Turkey’s Controversial Religious Movement
Posted on May 23, 2012 | 1 CommentBy Piotr Zalewski / Diyarbakir It is Monday evening in Diyarbakir, a city in Turkey’s southeast, and a weekly meeting of several local members of the so-called Gulen movement has... -
Turkey’s Creeping Islamization
Posted on May 21, 2012 | No CommentsWhile Western diplomats persist in calling Turkey a “model,” Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Islamist-leaning Justice and Development Party (AKP) continues to tweak relatively minor rules to change Turkish society fundamentally. He... -
Letter from Istanbul
Posted on May 19, 2012 | No CommentsLetter from Istanbul Posted By Stephen M. Walt The conference I’m attending has been pretty interesting, although as much for the atmospherics and side conversations as for the formal presentations.... -
Turkey Feels Sway of Reclusive Cleric in the U.S.
Posted on May 17, 2012 | No CommentsBy DAN BILEFSKY and SEBNEM ARSU / The New York Times ISTANBUL — When Ahmet Sik was jailed last year on charges of plotting to overthrow the government, he had little doubt... -
SPECIAL REPORT: The Greeks of Turkey; Is it too late?
Posted on May 17, 2012 | 1 CommentBy Tania Karas *This story appeared in the Spring 2012 print edition of Greek America Magazine and has been provided exclusively for digital publication in the Pappas Post. Greek America... -
Muslim consumers: How do global brands become ‘infidels’?
Posted on May 17, 2012 | No Comments“‘Infidel! Infidel!’ cries the six-year-old boy upon hearing his mother mention Nestlé during our interview,” writes author Elif Izberk-Bilgin (University of Michigan-Dearborn). “Why would a six-year-old call Nestlé infidel? How... -
Can Islamists Be Liberals?
Posted on May 15, 2012 | 1 CommentBy MUSTAFA AKYOL For Op-Ed, follow @nytopinion and to hear from the editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, follow @andyrNYT. FOR years, foreign policy discussions have focused on the question of... -
Finding humanism’s haven in Istanbul
Posted on May 12, 2012 | No CommentsA walk through Istanbul with Martin Vialon, a German scholar who is memorializing the work of Erich Auerbach, founder of comparative literature studies, who found refuge there when Turkey opened... -
Turkey: What’s Behind Erdogan’s “One Religion” Comment?
Posted on May 12, 2012 | 2 CommentsTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent statements that his country is united by “one religion” have caused quite a stir, drawing criticism both inside and outside Turkey. Erdogan made... -
“Sixty Minutes” to Air Report on Turkish Charter School Cleric (FETULLAH GULEN)Tied to Bob Filner
Posted on May 12, 2012 | 1 Commenthttp://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/news-ticker/2012/may/11/sixty-minutes-to-air-report-on-turkish-charter-sch/ Matt Potter, May 11, 2012 Just in time for the final stretch of San Diego’s race for mayor, the CBS news magazine Sixty Minutes is airing a... -
Turkey Warns Against Rising Racism In Europe
Posted on May 10, 2012 | No Comments5/9/2012 2:18 AM ET (RTTNews) – Turkish President Abdullah Gül has warned that xenophobia, racism and Islamophobia are threatening Europe’s own values and advised the 27-member European Union bloc to... -
Secularism in Turkey is dead
Posted on May 8, 2012 | 1 CommentCNN Contributor: Secularism in Turkey is dead By Ben Barrack on May 5, 2012 in Blog, General Walid was roundly ignored when he warned about what was happening in Turkey... -
Turkish Beauty Magazine Ties Muslim Veil to Glamor
Posted on May 8, 2012 | No CommentsCan the Muslim headscarf be synonymous with glamor? Turkey’s first fashion magazine for conservative Islamic women hopes to prove that it can. Launched last June, the monthly Ala, which means... -
It Will not happen to me. Guess What? It Will! Chapter 8
Posted on May 4, 2012 | No CommentsIt Will Not Happen to Me! Guess What? It Wll !!! Chapter 8 We as concerned citizens must rescue our governments from the privileged few or we will find ourselves... -
Biden pushes leadership role for Turkey’s Islamist leaders
Posted on April 29, 2012 | 1 CommentOn Friday Vice President Joe Biden offered Turkey’s Islamist government a leading role in the Middle East, despite its recent crackdown on dissidents, expansion of Islamic culture and education, and... -
Music for the One God
Posted on April 28, 2012 | No CommentsThe Multinational Project ”Music for the One God”Harmonious Triad of Religions Under the direction of the Turkish composer and oud player Mehmet Yeşilçay, the multinational project “Music for the One... -
Six Historic Graveyards Returned to İstanbul’s Jewish, Greek and Armenian communities
Posted on April 14, 2012 | No CommentsSix historic graveyards were returned to İstanbul’s Jewish, Greek and Armenian communities on Thursday, following a decision by a government board that regulates the practices of the country’s non-Muslim communities.... -
US report criticizes Turkey on religious rights
Posted on March 20, 2012 | 2 CommentsBy DESMOND BUTLER, Associated Press – 18 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) — An annual U.S. government report is adding U.S. ally Turkey as well as Tajikistan to a list of... -
Bosnia-Herzegovina/Islam-Hajj: Bosnian Walks to Makkah for Hajj
Posted on March 19, 2012 | No CommentsISTANBUL, 24 Rabi al-Thani/17 March (IINA)-Fulfilling one of Islam’s main pillars, a Bosnian man has embarked on the life-time spiritual journey of hajj, preparing himself to cross thousands of miles...
