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World Policy Journal (2010) 27 (4): 97–102.
Published: 01 December 2010
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World Policy Journal (2012) 29 (4): 27–38.
Published: 01 December 2012
..., compared his $150 monthly government scholarship at Istanbul’s Marmara University to the full-ride scholarships of the Somalis. “They should focus on Turkey, on improving education for Turks,” he says. Furthermore, Turkey has its own desperate humanitarian crises. The city of Van, located...
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World Policy Journal (2000) 17 (2): 56–67.
Published: 01 June 2000
... of Political Islam in Turkey
Whit Mason
Since the Islamic Revolution in Iran toppled Prime Minister Biilent Ecevit said the
the Shah in 1979, political Islam has become grisly violence demonstrated the danger of
widely regarded as the preeminent threat to mixing religion and politics...
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World Policy Journal (2012) 29 (2): 59–67.
Published: 01 June 2012
...Jenna Krajeski Jenna Krajeski is an Istanbul-based writer, whose last contribution to World Policy Journal , “Beyond Tahrir Square,” appeared last summer. © World Policy Institute 2012 2012 World Policy Institute Getty Images Reyhanli, Turkey—On a Friday in early April...
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World Policy Journal (2001) 18 (2): 55–64.
Published: 01 June 2001
...Whit Mason R EFLEC T IO N S
Whit Mason spent two and a half years in Istanbul as a fellow of the Institute of Current World Affairs. He is now
based in Kosovo as a political analyst for the International Crisis Group.
Constantinople’s Last Hurrah
Turkey and the Ecumenical...
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World Policy Journal (2007) 24 (1): 75–84.
Published: 01 March 2007
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World Policy Journal (2007) 24 (3): 63–73.
Published: 01 September 2007
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World Policy Journal (2011) 28 (4): 20–33.
Published: 01 December 2011
... ambition for accession to the European Union or an effort to realize the democratic ideal pledged by Kemal Atatürk, the founder of its democracy, Turkey has forged new ground in creating an atmosphere of equal social and human rights. The clearest evidence of this spirit is the decline of government...
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (3): 1–5.
Published: 01 September 2016
... The world’s problems are rarely new. There are always precedents that should inform today’s most crucial decisions. World Policy Journal asked five experts from the United Kingdom, Burundi, Chile, Turkey, and Venezuela what lessons from history keep being forgotten. Copyright © 2016 World Policy...
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (4): 55–60.
Published: 01 December 2016
...Tania Karas An EU-Turkey deal intended to stem the flow of migrants to Europe has turned Greece's islands into de facto open-air prisons. Meanwhile, right-wing sentiment is now growing in regions heralded just a year ago for their selfless care of refugees, reports journalist Tania Karas. Greece...
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World Policy Journal (2001) 18 (3): 69–80.
Published: 01 September 2001
... of the
American Coup in Guatemala.
Dreaming in Turkish
Stephen Kinzer
My favorite word in Turkish is istiklal. fectly named because its human panorama
The dictionary says it means “independ reflects Turkey’s drive to break away from
ence,” and it has special resonance in Turkey...
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World Policy Journal (2018) 35 (2): 47–55.
Published: 01 June 2018
... a disciple of the philosopher Henri Bergson. But at the end of his studies, Kısakürek felt purposeless. When he returned home he distanced himself from the Westernizing followers of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, annoyed by their view of Islam as a regressive religion that needed...
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World Policy Journal (2015) 32 (4): 83–91.
Published: 01 December 2015
...Ahmet S. Yayla © World Policy Institute 2015 2015 World Policy Institute Photo: David Spinks ŞANLIURFA, Turkey—With its history going back 11,000 years, Şanlıurfa, Turkey, is one of the world’s oldest continuous settlements. The city is the capital of Şanlıurfa Province, an area...
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World Policy Journal (2005) 22 (3): 81–93.
Published: 01 September 2005
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enter only at their peril. Given the risks, it Fortunately, the end of the Cold War
is heartening that a new generation of Turks not only stirred up forces pushing Turkey
and Armenians are looking afresh at a major toward a confrontation with its past but also
historical event that has divided...
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World Policy Journal (2011) 28 (1): 73–82.
Published: 01 March 2011
... grand strategies, and the path it takes will reveal a great deal about the prospects for international cooperation in an increasingly polarized world. Less than 50 miles from the southern coast of Turkey and just 65 miles west of Syria, Cyprus has almost always been dominated by outsiders...
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World Policy Journal (2004) 20 (4): 91–93.
Published: 01 December 2004
... the Aegean coast of
Turkey, the fecund cradle from which so much of the modern world emerged. Here, four
thousand years ago, in thriving commercial seaports, ethnic Greeks began using currency,
devised an alphabet, drew maps, composed Europe’s earliest epics and genuine histories,
and examined...
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World Policy Journal (2011) 28 (4): 100–108.
Published: 01 December 2011
... have made to their adopted country. Otherwise, the economy could suffer in the long term as young, ambitious German Turks move back to Turkey or to more welcoming locations elsewhere in Europe. Half a century after the first guest workers from Turkey arrived at airports, train stations, and bus...
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World Policy Journal (2002) 18 (4): 1–10.
Published: 01 December 2002
... simple by com
and energy of the modest 17,000-strong EU parison with the new challenges being
bureaucracy. The first was the introduction urged on the Europeans by the United
of the new single currency, the euro, to 12 States: for the EU to absorb Turkey, the
of the member states on January...
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World Policy Journal (2015) 32 (2): 105–111.
Published: 01 June 2015
.... Now, no one answers any of the seven steel doors that line the synagogue’s façade, covered in Star of David patterns. Often, no one answers the phone either. In Turkey, Jews need to make an appointment to pray in a synagogue. Yet they can walk into any mosque or church. No one checks bags, identity...
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World Policy Journal (2012) 29 (1): 22–32.
Published: 01 March 2012
... awaits such women in Germany and their impact on German society is open to considerable debate, but more rarely discussed is the fact that many of the would-be immigrant spouses are men. In 2010, 43 percent of the spouses coming from Turkey were men, about the same percentage as 2006, the year before...
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