By DAN BILEFSKY / NY Times Turkey's blend of conservative Islam and cosmopolitan democracy is increasingly viewed as a model in the younger generation. Turkish soap operas and films are attaining cult status, while "Made in Turkey" labels near the cachet of Paris or Milan.

Categories: Turkey  Syria  Modernity  Islam  Democracy  

Added: July 26, 2010

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By Muddassar Ahmed / altmuslim.com The never-ending ability of Iran to outsmart and be underestimated by its foes means that a more daring and honest approach is needed to foster peace and stability in the Middle East.

Categories: Iran  Middle East  Turkey  The US  

Added: July 08, 2010

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By LANDON THOMAS Jr. / NY Times For many in aging and debt-weary Europe, which will be lucky to eke out a little more than 1 percent growth this year, Turkey's economic renaissance - last week it reported a stunning 11.4 percent expansion for the first quarter, second only to China - poses a completely new question: who needs the other one more - Europe or Turkey?

Categories: Turkey  Europe  Islam  Economics  Middle East  

Added: July 06, 2010

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By Muhammad ibn Muhammad / muslimmatters.org Caliph Abdul Majeed II was eventually buried in Jannat Al Baqi cemetery in Medina. Amidst the great heroes of Islam's past was laid to rest our most potent symbol of a fractured present. There to this day, the first and the last Caliph of Islam lie within a few yards of each other - a reminder of a once great Muslim nation that has no one to lead it.

Categories: Islam  History  The Muslim World  Turkey  The Caliphate  

Added: June 24, 2010

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By Haroon Moghul / altmuslim.com New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, in his unendingly offensive series of "Letters from Istanbul," offers up reasons to "wonder" about Turkey, only to indulge us in his propagandistic and arrogant attempt to smear it.

Categories: Media  Propaganda  Arrogance  Turkey  Israel  

Added: June 23, 2010

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By Ramzy Baroud /Countercurrents.org Turkey is moving Eastward, it is in no small part because it was pushed, and pushed by some in Europe refusing to give Turkey the kind of organic link to the West that Turkey sought.

Categories: Turkey  Middle East  European Union  Israel  

Added: June 17, 2010

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By Ahmad Amr / PalestineChronicle.com A robust Turkish inquiry might uncover some uncomfortable truths for the derelicts in Washington but it could also make the Eastern Mediterranean a safe neighborhood for one and all.

Categories: Israel  Piracy  Turkey  Gaza  Inquiry  

Added: June 15, 2010

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By Kourosh Ziabari / Countercurrents.org Mr. Erdogan who has determinedly warned Israel that it might lose one of its most important friends in the Middle East is gaining a growing popularity in the Muslim world due to his recent categorical statements about the Israeli regime.

Categories: Turkey  The Muslim World  Israel  Targeted Killing  Erdogan  

Added: June 07, 2010

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By Uri Avnery /Gush Shalom "Kill a Turk and rest," the mother says in the joke. Our government does not even rest. It seems that they will not stop until they have made enemies of the last of our friends.

Categories: Israel  Turkey  War  Peace  Jewish History  

Added: June 06, 2010

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By Haaretz Iran agrees to ship uranium to Turkey in nuclear fuel swap deal signed late Sunday evening through Brazil, Turkey mediation.

Categories: Turkey  Iran  NuclearEenergy  Nuclear Weapons  Ahmadinejad  

Added: May 18, 2010

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