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Protesters chant as they pass by the entrance to the the Golden Generation Worship & Retreat Center in Saylorsburg, Pa. on Saturday, July 13, 2013 to demonstrate against Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, who rents a room at the center. Source: AP Photo/Pocono Record/Keith R. Stevenson
Ankara’s Creationists
In mid-June, the Turkish state body responsible for promoting science and scientific research, TÜBİTAK, told a group of top scientists that it would not be providing financial support for a postgraduate summer school they were organizing. Fair enough, you might think:...Caption:
Anti-government protesters, with the New mosque in the background, gather over the Galata bridge in Istanbul. (REUTERS Photo)
Awakening Pera
When a small group of environmentalists and liberals started sleeping in a small, overlooked park next to Istanbul’s central Taksim Square, slated for replacement by a mall, I thought little aside from being infused by a private kind of sadness. It meant the adding of...Caption:
Turkey Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is pictured after his speech during conference in Ankara, June 18, 2013. Police raided addresses across Turkey on Tuesday and detained dozens of people in an operation linked to three weeks of often violent protests against Erdogan. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic (TURKEY – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Opinion: The end of the Turkish model
For the third week, anti-Erdoğan government protests continue to rage in Turkey, showing no signs of abatement. The motives and the objectives of the current crisis remain unknown, puzzling both Turks and Western analysts. What is going on in Turkey cannot be...Caption:
Turkish police guard the entrance of Gezi Park at Taksim Square in Istanbul June 17, 2013 (REUTERS/Marko Djurica)
