Category Archives: Turkey
Ece Temelkuran on Turkey’s minority issues
There’s a fascinating and wide-ranging interview with Turkish journalist Ece Temelkuran on the New Left Project‘s website. Temelkuran has written extensively on Turkey’s issues with minorities and a lot on her book about Armenia. A few choice excerpts follow. On … Continue reading
Filed under Human Rights, Turkey
The first from Istanbul
After months of (sort of) planning and anticipating, Helen and I have finally arrived and begun settling ourselves in Istanbul. We’ve got a small but pleasant apartment in a hip and rapidly gentrifying neighborhood, not unlike so many of our … Continue reading
Filed under Life Abroad, Personal Stuff, Turkey, Welcomes
Turkey: Islamist hotbed, economic powerhouse, East vs. West, Ottoman Empire
The Turkish expansion continues, back to furthest edges of the old Ottoman Empire: Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad al-Sabah, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) alliance, said trade between the two sides has … Continue reading
