Campaigning for this month’s referendum on constitutional reform in Turkey has not only aroused the expected political passions, but also reduced an Istanbul bride to tears on her wedding day. …
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The peripheral effects of the Mavi Marmara affair 100 kilometers off the Israeli coast on the last day of May have begun to remove some of the initial political glory …
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While politicians caught with their trousers down are noted for inventiveness in deflecting blame, Deniz Baykal has elevated the practice to an art form. The 72-year-old Turkish opposition leader resigned …
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The brilliant classical scholar and poet A. E. Housman had a profound mistrust of opinions that are shared by a large number of people. Even, perhaps especially, when the vast …
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The decision by Emirates Airlines to postpone moving its operations to the new Al Maktoum International Airport near Jebel Ali risks letting regional rivals steal a slice of Dubai’s hard-won …
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Obama orders arrest of three four-star generals. Air Force and Marine chiefs accused of trying to overthrow the administration.” If these headlines were splashed across the front pages of the …
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It threatens to be the longest running thriller since “The Mousetrap” opened at Saint Martin’s Theater in London more than half a century ago. Negotiations between the International Monetary Fund …
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The Turks must be feeling that Forrest Gump’s mum had it right. In recounting the ups and downs of life in the eponymous film, Forrest said his mother used to …
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Last month Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced economic stimulus measures designed to put the nation back to work and the economy on the path to recovery. Tax cuts, …
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At times it seems that the Turks are fiddling while Rome burns, as Nero is alleged to have done in the year A.D. 64. Turkey’s unemployed are more numerous while …