Istanbul-New York-Tel Aviv

Named after the three cities I live in, this blog will focus on Israeli, Palestinian, and Turkish politics and social issues. In addition, I will periodically cover other topics related to the Middle East.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Now it is Syria’s Turn: The uprising on its Way?

While many analysts thought Syria’s Bashar Assad’s regime would remain safe and sound amidst the wave of Arabs turning their countries on th...

Sunday, March 20, 2011

The Libyan Crisis, Remembering Kurdish Halabja, and Bahrain.

Evening, 19 March 2011* While the decision by the UN to impose a “no-fly zone” seems to have been necessary to protect the pro-democratic fo...

Monday, March 14, 2011

How a Knife challenged a Tsunami and the Banality of Violence

March, 14, 2011 Last Friday, with the first photos coming in from earth-quake/Tsunami stricken Japan, so many remained dumbfounded by the fo...

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About Me

Istanbul-Tel Aviv-New York: Istanbul; I am an assistant professor at CUNY Brooklyn College and I am interested in the Israeli-Palestinian confict and Modern Turkey. Currently on research leave, I am based in Istanbul until September 2013.

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