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Kurdish Peshmerga forces seize control of Mosul’s Rabia district after Iraqi army forces abandoned the city to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, June 14, 2014. (Emrah Yorulmaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan greet their supporters during an election rally in Ankara March 22, 2014 (Reuters/Umit Bektas)
Opinion: Turkey’s Slow-Burning Alevi Unrest
In the past year, Turkey has been shaken by anti-government rallies in which six protestors were killed—an unusual spike in violence in a society that is otherwise increasingly non-violent. Five of these fatalities occurred during the Gezi rallies of June 2013. On...Caption:
File photo of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan making the Rabaa Al-Adawiya sign during a speech.
Opinion: Erdoğan’s Empathy for Mursi
Among all Middle East powers, Turkey has uniquely stood behind Mohamed Mursi and his Muslim Brotherhood party after their ouster from power in July. This has cost Turkey dearly. Egypt has pulled its ambassador from Ankara. To rub salt on the wound, Cairo has entered...Caption:
A Turkish Alawite woman prays as she visits a tomb, a holy site for the Alawite community, with her child in the Samandag district of Hatay province, close to the border with Syria, July 27, 2012. (Reuters)
Opinion: Turkey’s Alawite Opening
In recent months, Turkey has done the unthinkable, launching peace talks with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), an organization Ankara designates as a terrorist group. An important motivation for this breakthrough has been Turkey’s Syria policy. Turkey is pursuing...Caption:
Syrian protesters chant anti-President Bashar Assad slogans and wave a revolutionary flag in front of their embassy in Amman, Jordan, Friday, May 17, 2013 to condemn a May 10 massacre in Banias, Syria. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)