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.

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Erdogan’s victory in Turkey comes at a heavy price (From Haaretz, August 11, 2014)

After more than 11 years as prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan is now the first directly elected president in the history of the almost ...

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

My Two Cents*: Is the AKP an Authoritarian System?-the World according to Mahcupyan

A few weeks back one of Erdogan's staunches supporters, Etyen Mahcupyan, wrote an article for Daily Sabah (a paper owned by a holding w...

When the state sanctions Turkey’s ugly anti-Semitism* (From Haaretz, July 23, 2014)

During the last two weeks anti-Semitism in Turkey has surged. Many of its citizens blur their criticism of the Israeli attack on Gaza wit...

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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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