Posted on Fri, March 25, 2011 at 22:06 pm CET
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Arab revolts and Turkey’s new ‘old Kemalists’

The Arab revolts of 2011 awakened interest in the Turkish model, exemplifying an Islamist-rooted party building a liberal democracy… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Armenia • Democracy • Islamism • The Middle East • Turkey 
Posted on Mon, February 7, 2011 at 17:04 pm CET
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Tunisia and “Moderate Islamists”: Rachid Ghanouchi Says it All

It’s true that Tunisia’s Islamist movement is less radical than that in other Arab countries. But it really says a lot that Rachid Ghanouchi, the most… Continue reading

Topics: Egyptian Revolution • Human Rights • Islamism • Jasmine Revolution • Tunisia 
Posted on Tue, May 18, 2010 at 15:18 pm CEST
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Turkey’s New Political Balance: Old AKP and New Kemalism

Turkey’s protracted political battle between the governing Justice and Development Party, or AKP, and its opponents reached a crescendo this month with the Turkish Parliament’s vote on proposed constitutional amendments… Continue reading

Topics: Eurabia • Global Islam • Islamism • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, April 22, 2010 at 14:20 pm CEST
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Turkey’s Transformation Under The AKP

The rise of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), a party rooted in Turkey’s Islamist opposition, to government in 2002 introduced new social, political, and foreign policy winds across the Turkish society. After seven years of AKP rule, the Anatolian Turks are bending over to the power of the AKP, orthopraxy and the Islamist mindset in foreign policy are taking hold… Continue reading

Topics: Eurabia • Global Islam • Islamism • The Middle East • Turkey 
Posted on Fri, April 16, 2010 at 23:31 pm CEST
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There Can Be No Talk Of Genocide

In a SPIEGEL interview, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan discusses Ankara’s relationship with the European Union, the debate over genocide against the Armenians and his role as a mediator in the dispute over Iran’s nuclear policy… Continue reading

Topics: Europe • Iran • Israel • The Middle East • Turkey