The Rise and Rise of Turkey: Problems Ahead?
JAMES M. DORSEY: Held up as a model of a modern Islamic state Turkey faces some formidable difficulties
Turkish Football on Trial
VIDEO, AL JAZEERA: Almost 100 Turkish players and officials have been put on trial for match-fixing. Is there more than meets the eye? Al Jazeera reports.
Press Freedom Sickly in Israel and Turkey
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Is Israel a haven for the free press? Hardly. It allows extensive use of gag orders to protect the state, the military, and the wealthy.
What High Heels Say About Economic Cycles
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: Usually, in an economic downturn heels go up as consumers turn to more flamboyant fashion as a means of escape…
Turkey Foreign Policy Falls Over Syrian ‘Abyss’
RAMZY AL BAROUD: However, the Syrian uprising in March leading the country down the road to civil war – has forced Turkey to abandon its ‘zero-problems’ foreign policy.
Istanbul Postcard: Still Arguing After 18 Centuries
STEVE ROYSTON: Spiritually, today’s Istanbulus are not so different from their Byzantine predecessors – they still delight in debate and intrigue.
Unfazed: Israeli Boycott Little Noticed in Turkey
ROB L. WAGNER: Shopkeepers easily transition from Turkish to Russian, Polish and German. Yet Hebrew, once among the languages, is virtually non-existent.
Is the ‘Turkish Model’ the one to follow in region?
RAMZY BAROUD: It has endured some punishing attacks but the democratic experience in Turkey is presented as a model for the region to follow. How useful is it, however?
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