Showing posts with label Turkey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Turkey. Show all posts
Monday, June 22, 2020

OPINION: To Trump, Khashoggi's Murder Is More Serious Than War Crimes

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A Saudi dissident journalist who contributes to the Washington Post has apparently been murdered in the Saudi embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Ja...
Monday, October 09, 2017

EUROPEAN POLITICS: The two men at the centre of the bloodshed in Turkey

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Fethullah Gulen's rivalry extends to Australia. Turkey is going through a period of potentially d...
Saturday, June 15, 2013

TURKEY: Handling of protests may make or break legacy

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Thousands of protesters march through the streets of major cities of a European nation. They complain about the apparently autocratic sty...
Saturday, December 04, 2010

COMMENT: Why isn't this man donating to Israel's bushfire effort?

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Lots of countries are helping Israel out with its current bushfire predicament. Among them are Bulgaria , Greece and Spain. Also helping ar...
Wednesday, July 01, 2009

REVIEW: Ambitious cultural journey loses its way ...

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A Stranger to History: A Son's Journey Through Islamic Lands By Aatish Taseer Text Publishing, 323pp, $34.95 WE all inhabit the same pla...
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Monday, April 20, 2009

COMMENT: The tortured reality that clouds Obama's message ...

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President Barack Obama has many messages to deliver to that nebulous blob called “the Muslim world”. He wanted to move relations between Ame...
Thursday, April 09, 2009

VIDEO/POLITICS: President Obama addresses Turkish university students ...

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

ELECTIONS/HUMOUR: The great Auburn kebab konspiracy ...

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Local government elections have just been concluded across New South Wales. There have been no clear winners, with the ALP obvious losers in...
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Friday, June 27, 2008

OPINION: Stirring the plot with polygamy

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I was catching up on the latest news of my ancestral sport when I noticed that India had just won a cricket match in the Asia Cup. I wasn...
Saturday, July 28, 2007

CRIKEY: Talking Turkey, democracy and EU membership

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Turks have just elected an Islamist government. But we aren't talking about HAMAS here. Turkey’s Islamists combine free market economics...
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Tuesday, June 05, 2007

REFLECTION: Meeting Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a woman with a mission. The problem is that I’m not quite sure what her mission actually is. And to make matters more int...
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Friday, January 26, 2007

REFLECTION: Cheers to our cultural diversity

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AUSTRALIA Day is traditionally a day for the Australian patriot. Certainly we have much to be patriotic about. In a short time compared with...
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Thursday, December 01, 2005

COMMENT: Turkey's PM sets foot in Australia & New Zealand

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Over the next fortnight, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be visiting Australia and New Zealand. His tour will be the first...
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Friday, September 02, 2005

POLITICS/COMMENT: Twin Nations Finally Start Talking

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Pakistan and Israel were founded hardly a year apart. They were both nations carved out for a religious minority. The creation of both these...
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Monday, April 25, 2005

COMMENT: Gallipoli - A Lasting Friendship Baptised In Blood

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By the time this gets published, the ANZAC Day holiday will be a faint memory for most of us. I will remember sitting in a Panania backyard ...