[escenic_image id="5587715"] ANKARA: When the Kocatepe mosque first opened in 1987, it came as a shock to Turkey’s political system. Above ground, the cement neo-Ottoman structure reared its domes…

[escenic_image id="5586690"]In the recent article that abruptly ended Stanley McChrystal’s career, various controversies came to light. Apart from issues of military insubordination, the article also…

[escenic_image id="5585391"]Born in 1955 in the north-eastern Turkish province of Rize, the son of a village religious teacher, Ismail Kara is professor of Turkish intellectual history at the Marmara…

[escenic_image id="5584820"] Black banners hung in the streets of Lebanon last week as hundreds of thousands mourned over the death of Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah on the 4 of July. He was 75…

[escenic_image id="5584785"] Black banners hung in the streets of Lebanon last week as hundreds of thousands mourned over the death of Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah on the 4 of July. He was 75…

[escenic_image id="5580756"]Turkey's energetic “zero problem” foreign policy of recent years has often been compared to a juggler trying to keep several balls in the air: rediscovering the Arab world…

[escenic_image id="5579367"]On 9 June 2010, the UN Security Council (UNSC) voted with 12 votes in favor, two against and one abstention to adopt a fourth round of sanctions against Iran in response…

[escenic_image id="5576205"] What’s on the agenda for King Abdullah’s visit to Washington? When King Abdullah visits Washington, there will be a number of issues on the agenda that are important to…

[escenic_image id="5572008"]As this article went to press, Stanley McChrystal, the commander of the US forces in Afghanistan was preparing a letter of resignation. Following the publication of a…

[escenic_image id="5571935"]Jeremy Ben-Ami is the founder of J Street, a pro-peace, pro-Israel lobbying group that has positioned itself as a leader of liberal American Jews who have been denied a…