Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Being Erdogan

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 11.11.2011

Read More: Turkey, Nato, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Turkey-Israel Relations, Gaza Flotilla, Israel, Erdogan, Ataturk, Ottoman Empire, World News
Ashley Rindsberg

Prime Minister Erdogan is looking for -- and finding -- levers that can allow Turkey to build and wield the political and economic might commensurate to a strategically located country with a history of near-global hegemony.

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Which Model for Egypt?

Elcin Poyrazlar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Akp, Turkey, Democracy, Dictatorship, Islamists, The US, Egypt, Mubarak, Egypt Protests, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Hosni Mubarak, World News
Elcin Poyrazlar

Recently, quite a few opinions have been published on how the Turkish model is the one that will work best for Egypt. I could not disagree more.

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Turkish Businessman Denies Sex Party Allegations

Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Sex Party, Prostitution, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Turkish Yacht, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk@Y:World, Turkey, Sex Scandal, Tevfik Arif, Turkey Sex Scandal, Human Trafficking, Prostitute, World News

UPDATE at 6:00pm ET on May 16, 2012: Tevfik Arif was acquitted of all charges in April 2011, according to The Guardian. Read more from The Guardian's ...

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Talking Turkey About Turkey

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Turkey AKP Party, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Freedom Agenda, Turkey Kurds, Narrative, Lebanon, Iraq, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Hamas, Cyprus, Armenian Genocide, Brazil, Iran, Gaza, Shiites, Peace Flotilla, Israel, Neoconservatives, Islamofascism, Un, Ottoman Empire, Tureky, World News
Leon T. Hadar

In short, Turkey is not as threatening as its detractors warn nor as powerful as many Turks and their new fans believe.

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Christian Creationism And Intelligent Design Gain Foothold In Turkey

Washington Post | Marc Kaufman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harun Yahya, Islam, Noah's Ark, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Atheism, Turkey, School Boards, Secularism, Science, Anti-Evolution, Institute for Creation Research, Discovery Institute, Charles Darwin, Religion, Intelligent Design, Creationism, Darwin, God, Humanism, Egypt, Saudi Arabie, Evolution, Colleges, Muslim, Ankara, Universities, Christianity, World News

With direct and indirect help from American foes of evolution, similarly-minded Turks have aggressively made the case that Charles Darwin's theory is ...

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Turkey: Not the Usual Geopolitical Sandwich

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Britain, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Turkey, Bosporus, Afghanistan, France, Pakistan, George W. Bush, European Union, Prague, G-20, London, Istanbul, Nato, Barack Obama, Germany, Dick Cheney, Iraq, Ankara, Jihadists, Cold War, Erdogan, Islam, Winston Churchill, Byzantine Empire, Neoconservative, Ottoman Empire, Balkans, Mohammed Cartoons, Al Qaeda, Taliban, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Roman Empire, Soviet Union, 100 Days, World News
William Bradley

Obama seems to see Turkey, which has friendly relations with Israel, as potentially a much stronger partner than any other NATO nation, perhaps even Britain.

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