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Murat Menguc sent you an invitation 25 Jun 2013 | 09:33 pm
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What do the Turks want? 2 Jun 2013 | 09:46 pm
Normal 0 0 1 365 2084 17 4 2559 11.1539 0 0 0 Until now, Turkey’s governing Islamist and conservative Justice and Development Party (AKP) saw itself as immune to the political and economi...
"The Syrian Refugee Crisis and Lessons from the Iraqi Refugee Experience"--a new report from the Institute for Iraqi Studies at Boston University 18 May 2013 | 08:18 pm
Download the free report (PDF) from the IIS website. A Kindle version is due presently, and an iBooks edition is in progress. [Cross-posted with "From the Field"] From the Foreword: Credible estima...
Obama’s Moment to Make the Case for Middle East Peace 12 Mar 2013 | 05:10 am
Boston Study Group on Middle East Peace* [Cross-linked with From the Field.] If it were easy to do, an American president would have long ago shepherded Israelis and Palestinians into the negotiated ...
FAREWELL, MY TYCOONS... 7 Mar 2013 | 12:30 am
(first published in the South China Morning Post as "Cutting the Fat" February 25, 2013) PHILIP J. CUNNINGHAM When politicians stake out the high moral ground and order a crackdown, it can be a smo...
Two headlines from ANF and a fresh scenario 23 Nov 2012 | 09:40 am
Today, under two separate headlines, the Kurdish news agency ANF argued that AKP started to support paramilitary groups to cross from the Turkish border into the Kurdish region of Syria, to attack the...
Lebanon and the Syria Crisis 17 Aug 2012 | 08:59 pm
Originally posted at E-International Relations. Cross-posted at From the Field. With the battle for Aleppo continuing and Syria on a course to civil war, neighboring Lebanon finds itself in a precar...
Kurdistan the Pink Elephant 12 Aug 2012 | 07:58 am
Murat Cem Mengüç Judging from the front pages of popular media outlets, one would think the conflict in Syria is a domestic problem of a sovereign nation, support of which have divided the UN into tw...
AKP and Turkish Religious Fascism 12 Aug 2012 | 07:56 am
Cross posted with NoIdleMouth By Murat Cem Mengüç They say, “When fascism comes to America, it will come wrapped in the flag and waving a cross.” While historically incorrect, I like this quote beca...
Newroz Fire and Our Coming Spring 22 Mar 2012 | 02:47 pm
By Murat Cem Mengüç Speculations about a possible Kurdish Spring started long ago and after the terrible events of the Newroz celebrations in Turkey during the last week, even members of the Justice ...
