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Archives: Turkey
![Turkey abandons High Tech Future by Banning Teaching of Evolution](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/turkey-abandons-high-tech-future-187x137.jpg)
![Can Iran, Turkey and Egypt Cooperate to deliver Mideast from Chaos?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/can-iran-turkey-and-egypt-cooper-187x137.jpg)
Can Iran, Turkey and Egypt Cooperate to deliver Mideast from Chaos?
Farhang Jahanpour | ( Tehran Times | - - TEHRAN - Professor Farhang Jahanpour, part-time tutor on the Middle East in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford, tells…![Turkey’s Erdogan: Saudi demand he close Qatar base is ‘Disrespectful’](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/turkeys-erdogan-saudi-demand-he-187x137.jpg)
Turkey’s Erdogan: Saudi demand he close Qatar base is ‘Disrespectful’
TeleSur | - - Erdogan told journalists after Eid al-Fitr prayers that "It (the list of demands from Qatar's neighbors to lift the ban) is a breach of Qatar's sovereignty rights." On…![Speaking Truth to Erdogan: His Authoritarian Turn and Europe](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/speaking-truth-to-erdogan-his-au-187x137.jpg)
Speaking Truth to Erdogan: His Authoritarian Turn and Europe
By Ludwig Schulz | German Orient Institute | (Via Euractiv.com ) | - - Ludwig Schulz looks at how scientific analysis can help counter President Erdoğan’s fake narrative of Turkey’s thriving democracy…![Saudi v. Qatar: Will Turkish intervention cause Escalation?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/saudi-v-qatar-will-turkish-inter-187x137.jpg)
Saudi v. Qatar: Will Turkish intervention cause Escalation?
By James M. Dorsey | (Inter Press Service) | - - SINGAPORE (IPS) - Turkey’s parliament is this week fast tracking the dispatch of up to 3,000 troops to Qatar, home to…![Turkey OKs draft Bill to send Troops to bolster Qatar re: Saudis](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/turkey-oks-draft-bill-to-send-tr-187x137.jpg)
Turkey OKs draft Bill to send Troops to bolster Qatar re: Saudis
TeleSur | - - Turkey and Qatar also both supported Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated projects throughout the Arab Spring, drawing strong Saudi ire. Turkey has waded into the geopolitical storm engulfing Gulf Arab states…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/41E0hBwQC9L._SX346_BO1204203200_-1-187x137.jpeg)
Erdogan, Trump, the Russians and General Flynn: The Tangled Web
By Carl Max Kortepeter | (Informed Comment) | - - When Sally Yates testified that she had told the Trump Organization, before his appointment as National Security Adviser, that General Flynn was…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/168474-187x137.jpg)
Erdogan & Trump: Can the Confict over Syria be Resolved?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Two really big egos met Tuesday at the White House, as Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan consulted with Donald Trump. The two countries are…![Which Middle East Authoritarian Leader is Trump most Like?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/which-middle-east-authoritarian-187x137.jpg)
Which Middle East Authoritarian Leader is Trump most Like?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump's abrupt and virtually unprecedented firing of FBI director Jim Comey raises the question of whether he and his far right wing circle…![Syria: Rebels denounce De-escalation Zones ok’d by Russia, Iran, Turkey](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/syria-rebels-denounce-de-escalat-187x137.jpg)
Syria: Rebels denounce De-escalation Zones ok’d by Russia, Iran, Turkey
TeleSur | - - Signatories to the agreement say that there should be a cessation of hostilities in safe zones designated by the three powers by Friday. Russia, Turkey and Iran on…![Trump sends US Troops to Patrol Turkish-Syrian Border as Ankara Threatens US Allies](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/trump-sends-us-troops-to-patrol-1-187x137.jpg)
Trump sends US Troops to Patrol Turkish-Syrian Border as Ankara Threatens US Allies
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Only one fighting force in Syria is practically speaking taking on Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) on the ground, and that is the Syrian Democratic…![Turkey’s Erdogan bans Wikipedia, TV Dating Shows, oh, and Fires 4,000](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/turkeys-erdogan-bans-wikipedia-t-187x137.jpg)
Turkey’s Erdogan bans Wikipedia, TV Dating Shows, oh, and Fires 4,000
TeleSur | - - With the April 16 referendum having expanded Erdogan’s powers, the AKP leader continues to lead a mass crackdown against his citizens. While a hotly contested referendum earlier this…![As Leftist Turks Protest, Trump congratulates Erdogan on Authoritarian Turn](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/as-leftist-turks-protest-trump-c-187x137.jpg)
As Leftist Turks Protest, Trump congratulates Erdogan on Authoritarian Turn
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Several hundred Turks demonstrated in Istanbul on Monday in protest at the referendum result on Sunday transforming Turkey into a presidential system and…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/Map-d2017-750x419-1-187x137.jpg)
Turkish Democracy in Trouble, but not Because of Presidential System
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Turkey's historic referendum on Sunday will move the country from a parliamentary to a presidential system. Many observers are sounding a death knell…![Turkey’s Referendum on Democracy vs. Illiberal Rule](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/turkeys-referendum-on-democracy-187x137.jpg)
Turkey’s Referendum on Democracy vs. Illiberal Rule
By Natalie Martin | (The Conversation) | - - When the Turkish government announced its plans to transform itself into an executive presidency, no-one was particularly surprised. This plan, which has been…![Has Trump deferred to Russia in Syria?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/has-trump-deferred-to-russia-in-187x137.jpg)
Has Trump deferred to Russia in Syria?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Elizabeth Palmer reported from Ankara last Thursday that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had difficult and inconclusive discussions with Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/capture_crop_3-1.png_1718483346-1-187x137.png)
In Erdogan’s Turkey, an Artist is Jailed for Painting Reality
TeleSur | - - A Turkish court has handed down a two-year, nine-month and 22-day jail sentence to a Kurdish artist because of her painting of a Kurdish village being razed by…![Turkey’s Erdogan troll’s Germany with “Fascist” Charge](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/turkeys-erdogan-trolls-germany-w-187x137.jpg)
Turkey’s Erdogan trolls Germany with “Fascist” Charge
By Joel Schalit | EURACTIV | - - Normally, the accusation is reversed. Erdogan undoubtedly knew that when he accused Germany on Sunday of “fascist actions” typical of the Nazi era, for…![Turkey’s Coup aftermath and Human Rights: A Feminist Perspective](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701042852im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/turkeys-coup-aftermath-and-human-187x137.jpg)