Secularism Archive

  • Turkish newspaper: IDF using eq uipment sold to Turkey in 2007 to listen in on Turkish citizens, including political activists, members of opposition parties and academics. By Zvi Bar’el http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israel-uses-wiretapping-equipment-it-sold-to-turkey-on-turkish-citizens-1.311626 A...

    ‘Israel uses wiretapping equipment it sold to Turkey on Turkish citizens’

    Turkish newspaper: IDF using eq uipment sold to Turkey in 2007 to listen in on Turkish citizens, including political activists, members of opposition parties and academics. By Zvi Bar’el http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israel-uses-wiretapping-equipment-it-sold-to-turkey-on-turkish-citizens-1.311626 A...

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  • The controversy over a proposed mosque in lower Manhattan has spurred a wider debate about the nature of Islam. We asked six leading thinkers—Anwar Ibrahim, Bernard Lewis, Ed Husain, Reuel...

    A Symposium: What Is Moderate Islam?

    The controversy over a proposed mosque in lower Manhattan has spurred a wider debate about the nature of Islam. We asked six leading thinkers—Anwar Ibrahim, Bernard Lewis, Ed Husain, Reuel...

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  • Kyrgyzstan’s ex-deputy PM said that Turkey proved that a modern democracy could be established both in the Turkic and the Islamic world. Kyrgyzstan’s former parliament speaker and deputy prime minister...

    Kyrgyz politician sees Turkey as democracy model in Turkic world

    Kyrgyzstan’s ex-deputy PM said that Turkey proved that a modern democracy could be established both in the Turkic and the Islamic world. Kyrgyzstan’s former parliament speaker and deputy prime minister...

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  • Silivri 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...

    MONKEYS IN WONDERLAND

    Silivri 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...

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  • Sometimes Turkey really is a bridge between west and east Turkish foreign policy IN JUNE 2006, days after a young Israeli private was captured by Hamas, Israel’s ambassador to Turkey...

    The great mediator

    Sometimes Turkey really is a bridge between west and east Turkish foreign policy IN JUNE 2006, days after a young Israeli private was captured by Hamas, Israel’s ambassador to Turkey...

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  • JAMES 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...

    A Heart of Darkness Envelopes Turkey: A Letter to President Obama (20 July 2010) English/Turkish

    JAMES 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...

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  • By John Lancaster By Stephen Kinzer Times. 274 pp. $26 For the title of his new book, Stephen Kinzer borrows the latest diplomatic fad word — “reset” — in calling...

    Review of Stephen Kinzer’s “Reset: Iran, Turkey, and America’s Future”

    By John Lancaster By Stephen Kinzer Times. 274 pp. $26 For the title of his new book, Stephen Kinzer borrows the latest diplomatic fad word — “reset” — in calling...

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  • http://www.intelligencesquared.com/iq2-video/2005/lets-keep-turkey-out-of-europe?SQ_PAINT_LAYOUT_NAME=chapter&start=739&end=1286&sgmt=37548 Turkey will make Europe a better model and actor (Video).  Speaker: Dominique Moisi Arguing against the motion ‘Let’s keep Turkey out of Europe’, Dominique Moisi says he regards the debate...

    Turkey will make Europe a better model and actor (Video)

    http://www.intelligencesquared.com/iq2-video/2005/lets-keep-turkey-out-of-europe?SQ_PAINT_LAYOUT_NAME=chapter&start=739&end=1286&sgmt=37548 Turkey will make Europe a better model and actor (Video).  Speaker: Dominique Moisi Arguing against the motion ‘Let’s keep Turkey out of Europe’, Dominique Moisi says he regards the debate...

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  • http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/kevin-myers/kevin-myers-for-250-years-turkeys-presence-in-europe-was-invariably-as-an-armed-invader-in-christian-lands-2118175.html Unless we admit Turkey, says Mr Erdogan, the EU will “end up a Christian club”. Well, is that so very bad? Didn’t Christians invent just about everything for the...

    Turkey’s presence in EU as an armed invader in Christian lands

    http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/kevin-myers/kevin-myers-for-250-years-turkeys-presence-in-europe-was-invariably-as-an-armed-invader-in-christian-lands-2118175.html Unless we admit Turkey, says Mr Erdogan, the EU will “end up a Christian club”. Well, is that so very bad? Didn’t Christians invent just about everything for the...

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  • From: <alerts@conferencealerts.com> The Gulen Movement: Paradigms,Projects, and Aspirations 11 to 13 November 2010 Chicago, United States The Divinity School at the University of Chicago, in conjunction with Niagara Foundation, as...

    The Gulen Movement: Paradigms,Projects, and Aspirations

    From: <alerts@conferencealerts.com> The Gulen Movement: Paradigms,Projects, and Aspirations 11 to 13 November 2010 Chicago, United States The Divinity School at the University of Chicago, in conjunction with Niagara Foundation, as...

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  • the article which states “ In the first, the AKP is a party of religious deception that seeks to bring all elements of the government under its control. Its hidden goal...

    A Nation of Conspiracies

    the article which states “ In the first, the AKP is a party of religious deception that seeks to bring all elements of the government under its control. Its hidden goal...

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  • By David Gardner Published: March 11 2010 22:44 Turkey’s ruling party has once again entered into conflict with the Turkish army. This is more than the latest episode in a...

    Turkey needs more from Ataturk’s heirs

    By David Gardner Published: March 11 2010 22:44 Turkey’s ruling party has once again entered into conflict with the Turkish army. This is more than the latest episode in a...

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  • What’s Really Behind Turkey’s Coup Arrests? | Foreign Policy BY SONER CAGAPTAY | FEBRUARY 25, 2010 FEBRUARY 27, 2010 What’s Really Behind Turkey’s Coup Arrests? All signs point to Fethullah...

    What’s Really Behind Turkey’s Coup Arrests? | Foreign Policy

    What’s Really Behind Turkey’s Coup Arrests? | Foreign Policy BY SONER CAGAPTAY | FEBRUARY 25, 2010 FEBRUARY 27, 2010 What’s Really Behind Turkey’s Coup Arrests? All signs point to Fethullah...

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  • DIYARBAKIR MAYOR ASKS FOR ARMENIANS’ PARDON news.am Feb 8 2010 Armenia Religious organization established in Turkish city of Mardin under the auspices of Democratic Society Party initiated “Mesopotamia: First religious...

    ENEMY WITHIN

    DIYARBAKIR MAYOR ASKS FOR ARMENIANS’ PARDON news.am Feb 8 2010 Armenia Religious organization established in Turkish city of Mardin under the auspices of Democratic Society Party initiated “Mesopotamia: First religious...

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  • An Important Article For your Files and to send your Armenian and Greek friends and Their discussion groups to show them that they are victim of lies by their diaspora:...

    The Turkish Myth..

    An Important Article For your Files and to send your Armenian and Greek friends and Their discussion groups to show them that they are victim of lies by their diaspora:...

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  • The result of the referendum held in Switzerland on 29 November 2009 as regards the initiative to ban the construction of minarets has created disappointment. This decision is an unfortunate...

    Turkey’s Response to Swiss Minaret Ban

    The result of the referendum held in Switzerland on 29 November 2009 as regards the initiative to ban the construction of minarets has created disappointment. This decision is an unfortunate...

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  • The planned visit of a parliamentary delegation to Turkey has been cancelled. The MPs have unanimously decided to cancel the visit after the Turkish government said it would not meet...

    Dutch MPs cancel trip to Turkey

    The planned visit of a parliamentary delegation to Turkey has been cancelled. The MPs have unanimously decided to cancel the visit after the Turkish government said it would not meet...

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  • An Islamist government’s commitment to democratic principles is looking shaky. Monday, November 23, 2009 WallStreet Journal RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN has been the protagonist of an epic liberalization of politics in...

    Slipping in Turkey

    An Islamist government’s commitment to democratic principles is looking shaky. Monday, November 23, 2009 WallStreet Journal RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN has been the protagonist of an epic liberalization of politics in...

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  • Reconciliation between Jews and Germans Bound together in friendship: Commitment to the reconciliation between Jews and Germans Axel Springer, who founded his company in 1946, had a very close friendship...

    Who is Axel Springer?

    Reconciliation between Jews and Germans Bound together in friendship: Commitment to the reconciliation between Jews and Germans Axel Springer, who founded his company in 1946, had a very close friendship...

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  • LIVE TALK WITH MR. ADNAN OKTAR AND RABBI MENACHEM FROMAN (from the TV program on Kanal Urfa TV, Adıyaman TV and Kral Karadeniz TV, November 10th, 2009) PRESENTER: Today we...

    LIVE TALK WITH MR. OKTAR AND RABBI FROMAN

    LIVE TALK WITH MR. ADNAN OKTAR AND RABBI MENACHEM FROMAN (from the TV program on Kanal Urfa TV, Adıyaman TV and Kral Karadeniz TV, November 10th, 2009) PRESENTER: Today we...

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