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Istanbul Calling: September 2011
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Friday, September 23, 2011. The Eastern Mediterranean's Bermuda Triangle. Turkey now finds itself managing rapidly escalating crises with three Eastern Mediterranean neighbors: Israel, Cyprus and Syria. The reasons for each crisis are different, but Milliyet's ever-sharp foreign affairs analyst Semih Idiz, finds a thread that connects them all and that leaves Ankara with some significant foreign policy challenges. From a recent column (in the Hurriyet Daily News):. It is clear, especially since Prime Min...
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Istanbul Calling: April 2011
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Friday, April 15, 2011. Rockin' the Kurdish Vote. A new Economist article. Points out why for Kurdish politicians in Turkey this summer's parliamentary elections might different than previous ones. As the article points out, this time around campaigning in Kurdish will be allowed, while the existence of a new Kurdish-language state-run television station and the arrival of several private Kurdish television and radio stations could also change the political landscape. Egged on by Mr Ocalan, the BDP has r...
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Istanbul Calling: Reviving the "Kurdish Opening"
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011. Reviving the "Kurdish Opening". The International Crisis Group today released a superb report that examines Turkey's lingering Kurdish issue and the failure of recent efforts to solve, and that also offers some very clear and practical advice for how to move the issue forward. From the summary of the report, entitled "Turkey: Ending the PKK Insurgency":. The full report can be found here. Previous posts about the "Kurdish Opening" are here. Hurriyet Daily News) and here.
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Istanbul Calling: October 2010
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010. Simon Tisdall has an interesting piece up on the Guardian website look at how Washington's effort to create a NATO-led missile defense program in Europe is, "bringing longstanding tensions over European security into the open, to the potential advantage of Russia and Turkey, the maverick guardians of the EU's eastern flank." The full column can be found here. The post-Cold War order is unravelling. Still wants to join the EU, but it is increasingly pursuing an independent for...
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ISTANBUL JEWISH HISTORY,TIMELINE -- Articles by Louis Fisman,Early Settlement,From 4th Century BCE Archaelogical findings indicate Jewish settlement in the Aegean region of Anatolia.From 220 BCE There are Jewish settlements in Sardes , Miletus , Prien , Bu
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TIMELINE - Articles by Louis Fisman. From 4th Century BCE. Archaelogical findings indicate Jewish settlement in the Aegean region of Anatolia. From 220 BCE There are Jewish settlements in Sardes , Miletus , Prien , Bursa in the southeast and along the Aegean ,Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts. A bronze column found in Ankara confirms the rights the Emperor Augustos accorded the Jews of Asia Minor. 1477 Jewish make up % 11 of the total population ( 1,647 households ) of Constantinople. 1492 Sultan Bayezi...
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From Amman to the Maghreb: June 2010
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From Amman to the Maghreb. Sheikh it like a Polaroid Picture. Thursday, June 24, 2010. The Merry Old Land of Fez. After wandering the streets of Chefchaouen for a few more days, I was ready to be in a real city again. After one of the worse bus rides of my career (lots of sick children and no operable ...Why are you taking a picture of this little street? I followed my nose to the tanneries on the river. River might be an e...Breaking down the maghreb, he explained:. I still maintain th...In addition ...
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From Amman to the Maghreb: February 2010
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From Amman to the Maghreb. Sheikh it like a Polaroid Picture. Friday, February 12, 2010. Young Muslim men come from around the world to study Islam and Islamic Law there tuition-free, with notable contingents from West Africa, Malaysia, and Indonesia in addition to Arab countries. One of my friends from my time in Syria in 2008 took his "imam exams" at al-Azhar. So it's a pretty big deal worldwide. Sidenote: Egypt is definitely an unexploited market for crappy art.]. The third day I was there, I saw a yo...
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From Amman to the Maghreb: Don't Think Twice (It's Alright)
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From Amman to the Maghreb. Sheikh it like a Polaroid Picture. Saturday, May 29, 2010. Don't Think Twice (It's Alright). When your rooster crows at the break of dawn,. Look out your window and I’ll be gone. You’re the reason I’m travelin’ on,. But don’t think twice, it’s alright. I’m walkin’ down that long, lonesome road, babe. Where I’m bound, I can’t tell. But goodbye’s too good a word, gal,. So I’ll just say fare thee well. June 15, 2013 at 1:57 AM. About any kind home interior s? Café at the Crossroads.
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From Amman to the Maghreb: July 2011
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From Amman to the Maghreb. Sheikh it like a Polaroid Picture. Friday, July 1, 2011. Headed off to Pamukkale this morning. Before I do, I need to note that the views expressed on the previous post and all subsequent posts on this blog are mine alone, and I don't represent CLS, the American Councils, or the Department of State in any capacity. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A Passive Observer in the Middle East مراقب محايد في الشرق الأوسط. Café at the Crossroads. The Black Iris of Jordan.
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From Amman to the Maghreb: June 2011
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From Amman to the Maghreb. Sheikh it like a Polaroid Picture. Monday, June 27, 2011. Neither in Amman nor the Maghreb, İzmir'e geldim! That said, I'm quite happy to be in Izmir, in this old city on the Aegean coast, rather than in the heat, boredom, and history-lessness of Ankara. I feel at home here, and the more Turkish I pick up (or Arabic cognates I recognize), the harder it will be to leave in September. Photos will be coming soon! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Café at the Crossroads.
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