Reporter Con Coughlin wrote a piece on September 14, 2010, in the British Daily Telegraph alleging that the party of the Turkish premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan received $25 million from Iran.
Coughlin provides absolutely no proof to support his claim. He just keeps invoking the ambiguous phrase “Western diplomats” as the “source” of his allegations.
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Note: A version of this piece ran on Jim Lobe's blog and Islamicity's Iviews website.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Quantum mechanics: a bizarre theory
Since its inception in 1920s, quantum mechanics has puzzled the philosophically minded by its bizarre philosophical implications. That the debate as to the meaning of quantum mechanics is still going on is an indication of the fact that the dust raised over the world of science by this revolutionary theory of microscopic world at the beginning of the twentieth century is not yet settled.
Monday, August 9, 2010
Turkey is crucial to a stable Middle East
First ran on Jim Lobe's blog.
Up until the last few years, Turkey has been a democracy only in name. In reality, it has been a military-ruled regime since at least last five decades (there has been a military coup in Turkey almost every decade). Erdogan's government has been making strides in making Turkey more democratic and prosperous...
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Reproduced with permission from lobelog.com
Up until the last few years, Turkey has been a democracy only in name. In reality, it has been a military-ruled regime since at least last five decades (there has been a military coup in Turkey almost every decade). Erdogan's government has been making strides in making Turkey more democratic and prosperous...
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Reproduced with permission from lobelog.com
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Howard Fineman's recent Newsweek article on Turkey
Howard Fineman wrote an article on Turkey in Newsweek on August 5, 2010.
Overall, it is a nice and insightful article. And as someone who is originally from Turkey, I also found it to be flattering...
Nevertheless, he did what many right-wing/neo-conservative pundits are doing these days: while acknowledging the humongous progress the party of Recep Tayyip Erdogan (AK Party), the current Turkish premier, made in the last seven or so years, they keep qualifying/blemishing their compliments by implying that Erdogan's party is (feared) to slowly change Turkey to an Islamic state.
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Overall, it is a nice and insightful article. And as someone who is originally from Turkey, I also found it to be flattering...
Nevertheless, he did what many right-wing/neo-conservative pundits are doing these days: while acknowledging the humongous progress the party of Recep Tayyip Erdogan (AK Party), the current Turkish premier, made in the last seven or so years, they keep qualifying/blemishing their compliments by implying that Erdogan's party is (feared) to slowly change Turkey to an Islamic state.
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An Open Letter to Hamas to Pursue Nonviolent Struggle
Featured on islamicity.com and iviews.com.
A humble attempt of the peace activists of the Gaza flotilla to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza succeeded what Hamas modus operandi could not have succeeded in a thousand years!
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Reproduced with permission from islamicity.com
A humble attempt of the peace activists of the Gaza flotilla to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza succeeded what Hamas modus operandi could not have succeeded in a thousand years!
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Reproduced with permission from islamicity.com
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