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.

Monday, June 30, 2014

It just gets better!: Istanbul’s 12th annual LGBT Pride March

For over a decade, I have taken part numerous times in Istanbul’s Pride march which starts in Taksim and runs along the main pedestrian av...

Friday, June 27, 2014

A Podcast about Turkish foreign policy and events in Iraq

June 27, 2014 Here is a link to my recent conversation with the podcast, Global Dispatches , hosted by Mark Leon Goldberg, of UN Dispatc...

Friday, June 13, 2014

Some thoughts on the US, Turkey, and the Fall of Mosul

Three days ago, we awoke to a new reality. Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, placed way in its north, not far from the Turkish border, an...

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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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