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29 June 2011Turkey looks ahead
BY Dr. Plamen Pantev
The results of Turkey's 12 June parliamentary elections - despite the challenge from Kemalist and pro-Islamic elements - give the Justice and Development Party (AKP) yet another chance to pursue Tagged Under AKP , Arab Spring , Erdogan , human rights , soft power , Turkey |
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7 July 2011Turkey’s maturing foreign policy
BY Mustafa Akyol
On June 12, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the most popular Turkish prime minister of the last half century, marked his third straight electoral win by averring his leadership over not only Turkey but the Tagged Under AKP , Arab Spring , OIC , Recep Tayyip Erdogan , Turkey |
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9 September 2011Why the crisis between Turkey and Israel is hurting everyone
BY Emiliano Alessandri
WASHINGTON — The United Nations’ recent report investigating the deaths of nine Turks when Israel stopped a flotilla trying to break a Gaza blockade has brought an end to a suspenseful episode in Tagged Under Flotilla Incident , Israel , Mediterranean Sea , Middle East , Turkey |
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15 June 2011How Turkey’s democracy might resemble Japan’s
BY Joshua W. Walker
Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Turkey laid to rest any lingering doubts about the vibrancy of the country’s electoral democracy. At the same time, the third consecutive victory for Prime Tagged Under AKP , Democracy , japan , Justice and Development Party , LDP , Liberal Democratic Party , Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo , Turkey |
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11 December 2011Can Turkey Make Its Mosques Feminist?
BY Dorian Jones
A campaign to make Istanbul's roughly 3,100 mosques more welcoming for women could set off a gender revolution in Turkey's places of Islamic worship - and one that may not be uniformly welcomed. Tagged Under feminism , Islam , mosques , Turkey , woman's rights , women |
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22 November 2011Seeking real equality for Turkey's women
BY Idil Aybars
Turkish women were among the first in Europe to exercise political rights with the establishment of the Republic of Turkey in 1924, but 87 years later Turkey ranks Tagged Under Fundamental Rights , Turkey , women |
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2 December 2011Rise of the TIMBIs
BY Jack A. Goldstone
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