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How President Trump and Arab Leaders Are Making Turkey Great Again

Posted on December 25, 2017December 25, 2017 By Abdennour Toumi No Comments on How President Trump and Arab Leaders Are Making Turkey Great Again

How President Trump and Arab Leaders Are Making Turkey Great Again By Abdennour Toumi The Arab street has been waiting for a political leader (a-Zae’em) since Gamel and Houari Boumédiène when it comes to making a stand against the Western hegemony led by the U.S. in the region. Lately the Middle East has been experiencing…

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Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Iran, Israel, Kurds, Middle East, Opinion, Syria, Turkey

Syrian journalist murdered with mother in Turkey

Posted on September 22, 2017September 22, 2017 By rayhanania No Comments on Syrian journalist murdered with mother in Turkey
Syrian journalist murdered with mother in Turkey

Syrian journalist murdered with mother in Turkey Orient News English reported that their English language editor Halla Barakat was found murdered in her apartment with her mother this morning in Turkey. Barakat was a fierce critic of the violence in Syria and was investigating war crimes there. She was investigating abuses and torture of prisoners…

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Arab World, Journalism, Middle East, News, Syria, Terrorism, Turkey

Emerging optimism for Lebanon’s political deadlock

Posted on June 9, 2017June 9, 2017 By Ghassan Rubeiz No Comments on Emerging optimism for Lebanon’s political deadlock
Emerging optimism for Lebanon’s political deadlock

Emerging optimism for Lebanon’s political deadlock Will the Lebanese living abroad visit their homeland in large numbers this summer? By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz A disastrous civil war that lasted fifteen years (1975-1990) nearly obliterated Lebanon’s image as the “Switzerland of the Middle East.” Since the end of the civil war Lebanon has been reconstructed, physically,…

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Democracy reinforced under Turkey’s Erdogan

Posted on April 18, 2017 By rayhanania No Comments on Democracy reinforced under Turkey’s Erdogan
Democracy reinforced under Turkey’s Erdogan

Democracy reinforced under Turkey’s Erdogan My column this week in the Arab News speaks to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, truly one of the few real Democratic leaders in the Middle East standing up to rising religious extremism from Muslims in the Arab World, Christians in the West and Jews in radical Israel. A referendum he…

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A Turkish Democracy with a sour K’nafah taste

Posted on April 18, 2017 By rayhanania No Comments on A Turkish Democracy with a sour K’nafah taste
A Turkish Democracy with a sour K’nafah taste

A Turkish Democracy with a sour K’nafah taste What does the outcome of the vote mean for the future of new Turkey’s political Second Republic? By Abdennour Toumi Sunday the Turks voted on a referendum proposing eighteen amendments to Turkey’s 1982 constitution. These amendments have passed and given birth to Turkey’s Second Republic, granting President…

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Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Opinion, Turkey

Ruthless Thanksgiving this year with politics as side dish

Posted on November 23, 2016June 12, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Ruthless Thanksgiving this year with politics as side dish
Ruthless Thanksgiving this year with politics as side dish

Ruthless Thanksgiving this year with politics as side dish Thanksgiving celebrants will be under more pressure this year in dining rooms across America if Facebook is any indicator of how Americans feel. The politics of the recent presidential election campaign between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will have an impact, according to recent polls. Here’s…

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Neo-Secularists, Neo-Islamists and coup in Turkey

Posted on August 15, 2016August 15, 2016 By Abdennour Toumi 1 Comment on Neo-Secularists, Neo-Islamists and coup in Turkey
Neo-Secularists, Neo-Islamists and coup in Turkey

Turkey’s Neo-Secularists and Neo-Islamists: An Episode to be Followed. Now the AKP government has survived a coup and as a result is in process of purging the country’s military and civil institutions in the wake of the July 15th coup attempt. By Abdennour Toumi Turkey’s political scene is witnessing a revolution that neither the military nor…

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Turkish government comes to aid of Palestinians

Posted on July 23, 2016 By rayhanania No Comments on Turkish government comes to aid of Palestinians
Turkish government comes to aid of Palestinians

Photo array. Turkish government comes to aid of Palestinians.  By Mohammed Asad Palestinians receive Turkish aid at an aid distribution centre in Gaza city, on July 2016. The aid, consisting of flour, sugar and rice, was allowed into the Palestinian territory via Israel’s Kerem Shalom crossing and will be stored in warehouses run by Gaza’s…

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Turkey: Algerian and Egyptian scenarios failed

Posted on July 16, 2016 By Abdennour Toumi 2 Comments on Turkey: Algerian and Egyptian scenarios failed
Turkey: Algerian and Egyptian scenarios failed

Turkey: Algerian and Egyptian Scenarios Failed. A Turkish model that today excelled to end demo-ctatorship mentality, and establish a working democracy in Turkey — ironically led by an Islamist president… By Abdennour Toumi Turks cast their last democratic ballots in November, 2015 under an overcast political sky and the smell of bombs in the southern cities,…

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It Has All Become Clear, President Erdoğan “Gets” It

Posted on July 2, 2016July 2, 2016 By Abdennour Toumi No Comments on It Has All Become Clear, President Erdoğan “Gets” It
It Has All Become Clear, President Erdoğan “Gets” It

It Has All Become Clear, President Erdoğan “Gets” It. This attack came as a brutal shock and underscores the increasing tension in the region to which Turkey is no longer immune. By Abdennour Toumi The Istanbul attacks on Tuesday night at Ataturk Airport rank as the fifth deadliest terrorist attack in the last six months. This…

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Turkish-Russian tension set to spill onto European pitches

Posted on December 17, 2015September 24, 2018 By James Dorsey No Comments on Turkish-Russian tension set to spill onto European pitches
Turkish-Russian tension set to spill onto European pitches

The escalating Turkish-Russian crisis following Turkey’s downing in November of a Russian war plane promises to spill onto European soccer pitches with FC Lokomotiv Moscow set to play Fenerbahce SK, notorious for its fiery fan base, in a Europa League match.

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Europe, Sports, Syria, Turkey

Is Syria revival about “boots on the ground?”

Posted on December 2, 2015December 2, 2015 By Ghassan Rubeiz No Comments on Is Syria revival about “boots on the ground?”
Is Syria revival about “boots on the ground?”

Is Syria revival about boots on the ground? Is the answer to the conflict in Syria sending in American soldiers to fight? Or should the focus be on confronting the forces driving the conflict there By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz US foreign policy for Syria needs to change. Washington must address Saudi-Iranian relations squarely, improve the…

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Breeding intolerance: Turkish soccer fans disrespect ISIS victims

Posted on November 28, 2015August 20, 2019 By James Dorsey No Comments on Breeding intolerance: Turkish soccer fans disrespect ISIS victims
Breeding intolerance: Turkish soccer fans disrespect ISIS victims

Turkish fans twice in two months disrupted moments of silence for victims of Islamic State attacks in Ankara and Paris in a demonstration of the kind of intolerance bred by religiously-cloaked authoritarianism in countries like Turkey and Saudi Arabia

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Turkey

Leaders of G20 Vow Joint Action Against Global Terrorism

Posted on November 17, 2015November 17, 2015 By rayhanania No Comments on Leaders of G20 Vow Joint Action Against Global Terrorism
Leaders of G20 Vow Joint Action Against Global Terrorism

“World’s top 20 industrial powers met in Turkey, seeking to overcome differences on a range of issues primarily the Syrian conflict, refugee crisis and climate change” — Halil Danismaz, President of the Turkish Heritage Organization The world was once again unified over the weekend not only for the condemnation of the terrorist attacks in Paris…

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‘Sultan’ Erdoğan the Magnificent

Posted on November 2, 2015November 2, 2015 By Abdennour Toumi No Comments on ‘Sultan’ Erdoğan the Magnificent
‘Sultan’ Erdoğan the Magnificent

‘Sultan’ Erdoğan the Magnificent of Turkey By Abdennour Toumi Paris, France — Turkey has won, those who want political stability and economic prosperity have won, and those who are fighting for democracy in the region have won. In a stunning political season, the AK Party and President Erdoğan won a landslide victory in Sunday’s early…

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Abdennour Toumi, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, News

Militant soccer fans are on a roll across Eurasia

Posted on September 13, 2015September 13, 2015 By James Dorsey No Comments on Militant soccer fans are on a roll across Eurasia
Militant soccer fans are on a roll across Eurasia

By James M. Dorsey Militant soccer fans are on a roll in the Middle East, Europe and Southeast Asia. Fans in Turkey and Egypt have defeated legal efforts to criminalize them as terrorists while Malaysian ultras are tackling corruption in and mismanagement of their country’s soccer association. In Germany, the pitch anticipated the government’s shift…

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Israel, one of the only countries refusing to help Syrian refugees

Posted on September 11, 2015September 11, 2015 By rayhanania 2 Comments on Israel, one of the only countries refusing to help Syrian refugees
Israel, one of the only countries refusing to help Syrian refugees

Not surprisingly, Israel has surfaced as one of the only countries int he world not to help the millions of refugees that are fleeing from the terrorism of the Islamic State and Syrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad. And, Israel is building a wall to block them from entering their occupied nation, but not along the Syrian…

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Turkish soccer supports Erdogan’s war against the Kurds

Posted on August 27, 2015August 28, 2015 By James Dorsey 1 Comment on Turkish soccer supports Erdogan’s war against the Kurds
Turkish soccer supports Erdogan’s war against the Kurds

By James M. Dorsey The Turkish Football Federation (TFF), in a demonstration of the inseparable ties between sports and politics, has effectively declared its support for renewed Turkish-Kurdish hostilities designed to enhance the prospects of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party in forthcoming snap elections. With armed Kurdish youth effectively taking control of at least one…

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