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TOPSHOTSDemonstrators help one another as Turkish riot policemen use tear gas to disperse clashes on May 31, 2013 during a protest against the demolition of Taksim Gezi Park, in Taksim Square in Istanbul. (AFP Photo)

Opinion: “Turkish Spring” is a false analogy

by Aylin Kocaman | Jun 5, 2013 | Opinion

There have been no great uprisings in the major cities of my country, Turkey, since the 1970s. It has wrestled with the scourge of terror for 30 years; we have always lived side by side with terror. Suicide bombings, banks being blown up and explosions on buses all...

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File photo—Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses on April 16, 2013 members of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara. (AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN)

Opinion: Which Erdoğan do you see?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jun 5, 2013 | Opinion

When protests suddenly kicked off at Taksim Square in the Turkish city of Istanbul, many thought the situation was akin to that in Tunisia, Egypt and Syria at the beginning of their revolutions. Hastily formed opinions made themselves heard; an Egyptian said that he...

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A protester holding a Turkish flag decorated with the image of former leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, during clashes near Taksim Square in Istanbul, late Monday, June 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)

Erdoğan says protests “not Turkish Spring”

by Thair Abbas and Lahcen Makneaa | Jun 4, 2013 | World

Istanbul/Rabat, Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has accused “foreign” parties and “extremists” of being behind the ongoing protests in Turkey. Speaking before his departure on an official state visit to Morocco, Erdoğan told journalists:...