Posted on Thu, March 3, 2011 at 08:23 am CET
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Turkish Camouflage Model: Arab Radicals Learn How to Hide Your Islamism

Newsweek explains how the “Turkish Model” works… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Islamic Countries • Islamism • Jordan • Morocco • Tunisia • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, November 24, 2010 at 17:03 pm CET
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Changing Of The Guard: Judicial Reforms Reinforce Concerns About the AKP’s Increasing Authoritarianism

The restructuring of the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK), which is responsible for appointments and disciplinary procedures in the Turkish judicial system, was one of the key reforms in the package of constitutional amendments which were approved in a referendum… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, September 22, 2010 at 22:10 pm CEST
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Torn Turkey, European Turkey

Sam Huntington was right to consider Turkey his chief example of a “torn country.” The results of the Sept. 12 vote on the constitutional amendments proposed by the ruling Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party, or AKP, show that officially secular Turkey is torn not just between the East and the West, but that it is also divided… Continue reading

Topics: Europe • Global Islam • Islamism • Turkey 
Posted on Fri, August 6, 2010 at 15:33 pm CEST
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The Scary European Model

There has been speculation about where Turkey is heading ever since the Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002… Continue reading

Topics: Europe • Islamism • Turkey 
Posted on Mon, June 14, 2010 at 19:40 pm CEST
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Erdogan’s Turkey, Islamism and the Ottoman Empire

Under the Islamist Erdogan government, Turkey can no longer be considered an ally of Israel or the West… Continue reading

Topics: Europe • Global Islam • Islamism • Israel • The Middle East • Turkey • United States of America