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COOPERATION AND INTEGRATION, two carrots of the European Union, are considered influential and effective policy tools that enable the transformation of candidate and associated countries. In …
Center Enes Kanter recently informed the New York Knicks he will not be traveling with the team to London later this month to take on the …
Washington continues to claim Ankara as “strategic partner.” Let’s stop pretending it is.
I suspect that many Americans feel this way, about the bird and …
The Gucci Pubic Hair Ad Might Be More Controversial 15 Years Later – GARAGE
Photograph by Mario Testino.
Is pubic hair the last fashion faux pas?
If …
Erdogan is driving out business people and the well-educated – the economic forces he needs to achieve his goal of transforming the country into …
KASTELLORIZO, Greece — In the narrow Mediterranean strait between the easternmost islands of Greece and the shoreline of western Turkey, Kostas Raftis steered his …
Painting of Turkey’s President Erdogan with a banana up his buttocks sparks anger at German art fair
A German artist complained Friday after a gallery …
And the swashbuckling gold trader at its center
Yesterday, Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla was found guilty in a Manhattan courtroom for a range of …
In a speech before the Turkish parliament on November 21, Erdogan referred to the raid on Aslan’s home as “one of the greatest traps …
The European Union held a series of meetings between Oct. 17 and 19 designed to set the tone for a radical shift in relations, …
How To Become A Greek Oligarch In Seven Easy Steps
ATHENS, GREECE — Greece is a country that is famously known for its strong tradition …
the murky political career of Sen. Menendez and his alleged dealings, as well as his close ties with the Armenian and Greek lobbies, which …
June 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d88cJ4DTCgs
Turkish leader’s entourage filmed brawling with protesters outside embassy in Washington, DCErdogan’s bodyguards and aides have a history of run-ins with protesters
A little more …
May 17, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5urNZi6THh0
This is a video of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the car giving the guy standing next to the car instructions …
Much has been written about Turkey’s turn toward Islamism and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s growing autocracy. Turkish officials and their proxies argue, however, that Turkey …
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is carrying out the harshest crackdown in decades. The West must not abandon Turkey
TURKEY matters not just for its size, but …
That charisma and political talent can veer into the realm of a personality cult. He appears keen to cast himself as the new Ataturk …
How liars create the ‘illusion of truth’ – BBC Future
Repetition makes a fact seem more true, regardless of whether it is or not. Understanding …
Regarding the current cultural conflict in Turkey it is no different: just like how Mr. Putin mourns the demise of the Soviet Union, so …
May 2, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cebbh6f8CUI
Ruling party and opposition Turkish MPs on Monday exchanged punches and hurled water bottles at each other as a new mass brawl …
“When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations,” John F. Kennedy once said. “When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.” Maybe, but so …
The music video that prompted the diplomatic crisis was a parody of a 1980s song by the German pop star Nena, “Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwann,” …
March 31, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlI3U4jc8AM
Turkish president Erdogan’s security forces clash with protesters & journalists outside the Brookings Institute in Washington D.C.
March 30, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILvWHn7MWvo
Asylum seekers who have fled conflicts in Iraq and Syria are still not formally recognized as refugees in Turkey, while Yazidis are not afforded …
At Sheikh Najjar Industrial City I heard even more damning accusations that may take Turkey to The Hague. Aleppo industrialists say more than 300 …
Why Germany should pay reparations to Greece | The Japan Times
In 1960, the then Federal Republic of Germany paid Greece 115 million Deutschmarks in …
Alarm bells ring over Syriza’s Russian links | Financial Times
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnb7X-Boepc
Soon after Syriza, the Greek radical leftwing party, swept to power this week, alarm bells …
Foreign Government Contributions to Nine Think Tanks – New York Times
SEPT. 7, 2014
Foreign governments and state-controlled or state-financed entities have paid tens of millions …
Foreign Powers Buy Influence at Think Tanks – New York Times
WASHINGTON — The agreement signed last year by the Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs …
BAGHDAD — Wearing a black turban and black robes, the leader of the self-proclaimed Islamic state that stretches across eastern Syria and much of …
Sixty-sixth Session of the United Nations General Assembly – New York, N.Y. – U.S.A.
September 2011
A brawl occurred last Friday at the United Nations headquarters …