In the Ottoman era, “Turk” essentially meant “Muslim.” A Catholic Albanian, a Greek Orthodox, or a Jew who converted to Islam ...

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Only it didn’t. Today, many informed observers feel that Ataturk’s achievement is at risk, threatened by a rising Islamist tide led by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an unashamed—and ...

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Erdogan recently shook down Nato for as many concessions as he could extract as he delayed the ...

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Ataturk’s western orientation was partly about ... and aside from the occasional visit to Urumqi while in China Erdogan has not shown any interest in this. Instead, Atatürk believed Turkey ...

The Knesset must act swiftly to equip Israel’s leaders with the tools to set policy to meet the challenges posed by a ...

While it is still to be seen, Erdogan’s legacy might equal or even surpass that of Mustafa Kamal Ataturk. For more than 50 years, Turkish democracy was frequently interrupted by military coups. Even ...

the secular Turkish republic founded by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk may be crushed by the first politician to presume his place. Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power after the country's 2001 crisis by ...

The President of the Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani arrived at the Ataturk Airport in Istanbul to meet with the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan. It is the first time the Kurdistan flag was ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, however, is looking less to the past than to the future. Instead of reflecting on the origins of the republic, the anniversary is an occasion for him to celebrate ...