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In this Wednesday, April 24, 2013 file photo, Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi reviews honor guards during an arrival ceremony for his U.S. counterpart at the Ministry of Defense in Cairo. (AP/Jim Watson, Pool)

Opinion: Between Zia-ul-Haq and Atatürk

by Mamoun Fandy | Aug 8, 2013 | Opinion

The comparison between Egypt, Pakistan and Turkey does not necessarily have to be confined to the relationship between the army and the society, and the role army commanders are playing in politics, and the relationship between those commanders and religion and the...

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Turkish supporters of Egypt’s ousted President demonstrate to condemn the latest killings in Cairo, outside the Egyptian embassy in Ankara on July 27, 2013. Dozens of Mohamed Morsi’s supporters were shot dead early Saturday in the deadliest incident in a month as violence erupted after huge rallies for and against the ousted Islamist president. AFP […]

Debate: Erdoğan blundered by standing by Mursi

by Nicholas Birch | Jul 30, 2013 | Debate

Anybody watching Turkish TV over the last month could be forgiven for thinking that Mohamed Mursi was Turkish. News channels that broadcast wildlife documentaries during the recent Turkish protests aired long and impassioned debates about what was going on just across...