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Was The Turkish Referendum Rigged?
By Tulin Daloglu, Contributor
Halimiz.Com, Publisher and Chief Editor
Turks went to the polls on Sunday to make a critical choice on a referendum to change the country’s constitution. The ballots
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The Gulen Movement Isn't a Cult -- It's One of the Most Encouraging Faces of Islam Today
By Graham E. Fuller, Contributor
Former vice chairman, CIA’s National Intelligence Council; Aut...
The target of Erdogan's purge -- the movement led by U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen -- is not dangerous. It's one of the most moderate and socially constructive organizations in the Muslim world. In attacking it, Erdogan is planting the seeds for his own destruction.
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Why Both Erdoganism and Kemalism May Finally Be Dead in Turkey
By Doug Bandow, Contributor
Contributing writer, policy analyst
Turkey is headed in a dangerous direction, toward a corrupt, authoritarian state. The country needs an Arab Spring of sorts, but within the democratic process. An electoral revolution, not a street putsch. The use of the rule of law to end an illiberal government. The ballot box must make political power accountable.
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Erdogan's New Turkey: Goodbye Atatürk, Hello Atatürk
By Stefan Ihrig, Contributor
Polonsky Fellow, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
The recently -- and Putinesquely -- elected President Erdoğan likes to refer to his state as the "new Turkey," just as Atatürk and his Nazi admirers did. That by itself may not mean much, but the label signifies the same: a Turkey that radically breaks with what was before. Erdoğan can run and scream all he wants; he is Atatürk's kid.
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Erdogan Needs a Spasm of Lucidity
By Alon Ben-Meir, Contributor
Senior Fellow, Center for Global Affairs, NYU
Erdogan must realize that his policy of "zero problems with neighbors" has been a dismal failure, his domestic policy that spreads fear rather than freedom will come back to haunt him, and his blind support of extremist groups such as Hamas will catch up with him.
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The 'Tarboush' Caused Egypt-Turkey Flap
By Magda Abu-Fadil, Contributor
Director of Media Unlimited in Lebanon
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The "Tarboush" Caused Egypt-Turkey Flap
By Magda Abu-Fadil, Contributor
Director of Media Unlimited in Lebanon
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Turkey in Disarray
By Allan Topol, Contributor
Author, 'The Italian Divide'
In an effort to make himself the leader of the Islamic Middle Eastern world, Erdogan decimated that relationship which has cost Turkey in terms of shared intelligence about hostile neighbors including Iran.
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Turkey's Dark Clouds for Election Year 2014
By Sinan Ciddi, Contributor
Visiting Assistant Professor Georgetown University
The verdicts coming out of the Ergenekon trial are clear indicators that Turkey's old power establishment has not only been silenced and marginalized, but also are targets of punishment. Whichever way one looks at the political landscape, it is clear that 2014 will be typified by many dark clouds on the horizon for the country's leaders.
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Can Democracy Flourish in the Muslim Mideast? Consider Turkey
By Eric Black, Contributor
Senior Writer, MinnPost
To me, and I assume to most Americans, the idea of military rule seems roughly the opposite of democracy. But in Turkey, it seems to have been a vital element in keeping democracy on track.
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Not a Turkish Spring, but a Call for Democracy From the Youth
By Ege Ozyegin, Contributor
University of Pennsylvania 15'
Now the world can see that Ankara has been concealing large amounts of unrest and it is clear that Turkey was actually not a successful democracy model for Middle Eastern countries. Can Islam and democracy be practiced side by side?
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Beyond the Sycamore Trees: What the Turkey Protests Really Represent
By Anushay Hossain, Contributor
Journalist, AnushaysPoint.com
Although the Turkish protests have already been labeled the "Turkish Summer," Turkey is not fighting for the basic democratic right to vote like in Iran, or to remove a dictator like in Egypt. This is a fight to keep a secular country a secular democracy.
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Being Erdogan
By Ashley Rindsberg, Contributor
Author
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?
By Elcin Poyrazlar, Contributor
Independent Journalist
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
By Curtis M. Wong
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Talking Turkey About Turkey
By Leon T. Hadar, Contributor
Washington-based journalist and global affairs analyst
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
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Secularism: Surprisingly More Popular in Turkey than in U.S.
By Jim Luce, Contributor
James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation
A disturbing fact: the majority of Americans are more comfortable with a Christian-based legislation than the people of Turkey are with Islamic-based legislation.
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Turkey: Not the Usual Geopolitical Sandwich
By William Bradley, Contributor
Political Analyst
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.