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Items by Mohamed Ghoul
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European secularism and the imposition of standards for Turkish secularism
Secularism in Turkey didn’t have a natural birth. It was neither the product of a social conflict between the clerics and the politicians, nor the result of a conflict between religious and secular authorities, as was the case in Europe. It was the result of a common desire between...
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Why do American generals exceed their authority when it comes to Turkey?
American statements on the failed coup in Turkey on Black Friday 15 July are still raising suspicion among observers more than two weeks after the attempted coup. The statements of some US generals pushed Turkish President Erdogan to condemn them on 29 July saying: “The Turkish people know who...