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Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan greets his supporters as he arrives for a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara February 25, 2014. Erdogan said on Tuesday voice recordings purportedly of him telling his son to dispose of large sums of money on the day news broke of a graft inquiry were a “treacherous attack” on his office. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY – Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)


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Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara February 18, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY – Tags: POLITICS)


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Fireworks thrown by protesters against Turkish riot police explodes and illuminates the scene during a demonstration in Istanbul, Turkey, 11 March 2014. (EPA/ERDEM SAHIN)


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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) waves to supporters upon his arrival to Ankara Esenboga Airport, in Ankara, Turkey, 09 June 2013. Source: EPA Kayhan Ozer/Anadolu


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A picture taken on October 25, 2013 shows members of jihadist group Al-Nusra Front taking part in a parade calling for the establishment of an Islamic state in Syria, at the Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood of Aleppo. (AFP/Karam Al-Masri)


Debate: Iran is exploiting Sunni Islamists

Debate: Iran is exploiting Sunni Islamists

Does the understanding that has crystallized between Washington and Tehran over jihadist groups neglect to take into consideration Iran’s regional expansion? Yes, because the stated enmity between the two countries is not deeply ingrained, nor does it form an...
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A handout image released by the Syrian opposition’s Shaam News Network allegedly shows a Syrian opposition activist waving an black flag of the Islamist Jihadists during a demonstration against the Syrian regime after the Eid al-Fitr prayer in the the central city of Homs on August 8, 2013. At least 4,420 people were killed in […]


Debate: Iran is confronting Sunni Islamists

Debate: Iran is confronting Sunni Islamists

Since the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979, the Shi’a Islamist authorities in Tehran have gone to great lengths to carry the banner of the Islamic world. The trouble has so often been that other Islamist movements have either been reluctant to, or...