Interviews
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17 December 2015

Is Turkey the next Pakistan?

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The unfolding coup in Turkey demonstrates the instability that the nation has fallen into. Terror attacks like the one in Istanbul airport was the most high profile targeting of Turkey by ISIS and other extremists. This is the outcome of Turkey’s crackdown on internal popular protest, on allowing itself to become the highway for extremists, refugees and weapons to disparate terrorist groups and being a willing proxy for the major powers contending in Syria. The increasing frequency of the attacks in Turkey reveals a similar pathology to Pakistan, which is now in a low-grade civil war. Is Turkey going down the path of Pakistan?

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22 October 2015

T20 Opening Statement by Dr. Burak Akçapar, Ambassador of Turkey to India

BY Dr. Burak Akçapar

Turkey's Ambassador to India Dr. Burak Akçapar's opening statement for T20 Mumbai was about the progress of the G20 under Turkey's presidency and G20's growing responsibility to the world. An abridged version of this speech was delivered by Erdal Sabri Ergen at the T20 Mumbai regional consultation meeting on 19 October

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18 October 2015

In Conversation with Ussal Sahbaz

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Gateway House is proud to host the first Think20 (T20) regional consultation meeting in Mumbai on 19 October 2015. Ussal Sahbaz, Director of G20 Studies, TEPAV discusses the importance of the meeting and other sub-forums of G20 including the objectives of Turkey's 2015 presidency.

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27 April 2015

Ottoman ship Ertugrul’s Bombay linkages

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The Turkish naval ship TCG Gediz was in Mumbai recently, retracing the Ottoman frigate Ertuğrul’s 126-year-old voyage, when it stopped here while on its way from Istanbul to Yokohoma. To commemorate this anniversary, the Consulate of Turkey in Mumbai and Gateway House jointly hosted a lecture by Sifra Lentin on the significance of this historic passage

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27 June 2014

India-Pakistan bonhomie

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The deliberations during a India-Pakistan young scholars’ workshop in the historic city of Istanbul held out a renewed hope for the bilateral relationship and a genuine desire for peace. The magnificent city of Istanbul offered an excellent backdrop to the serious, often heated discussions.

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2 July 2013

Brazil, Turkey, Occupy and India: What’s up folks?

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The protests in Brazil, Turkey, Egypt and India are bound by a common thread of grievances against misuse of government power and corruption. These modern protests show a marked decline in government trust, even though may not always have clear objectives

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27 June 2013

Brazil’s upwardly mobile revolution

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Brasilia seems to have responded fairly to the mass protests in the country. However, the issue of corruption is the most resonant of the protester’s grievances and must be addressed. Real political and economic reforms also need to be put in place, especially in the areas of education and health.