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

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 ...

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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 resurgent Turkey and other emerging threats.

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 ...

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 ...