Awakening Pera
Istanbul circa 1955. The Galata neighborhood can be seen in the foreground overlooking the Golden Horn. Hulton Archive/Getty Images When a small group of environmentalists and liberals started sleeping...
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Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) stand to attention after arriving in the northern Iraqi city of Dohuk on May 14, 2013, after leaving Turkey as part of a peace drive with Ankara. SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty...
View ArticleEditorial: A Lesson for Turkey
Protesters shout anti-government slogans during a demonstration in Ankara on June 26 2013. ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images This week’s historic events in Egypt that witnessed the toppling of Mohamed Mursi,...
View ArticleMeeting Halfway
Turkish protesters holding a Turkish flag demonstrate on the main city square, Kizilay, in the Turkish capital Ankara on June 3, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ADEM ALTAN)One of the initial reactions of Turkish...
View ArticleTurkey, The Loner State
Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attends the second working meeting of the G20 heads of state and government on September 6, 2013 in St. Petersburg, Russia. (Alexander Vilf/Host Photo...
View ArticleOne Giant Leap too Far
People react after the announcement of the 2020 Olympic Games host city on September 7, 2013, in Istanbul. (Baris Acarli/Getty Images) Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan clearly wanted Istanbul to win...
View ArticleTurkey’s Liberal Twilight
Turkish riot police use gas to disperse demonstrators during the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul on July 8, 2013. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images) “The people who strive each for his own end Today become...
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