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Turkey: Between Atatürk’s Secularism and Fundamentalist Islam

Turkey: Between Atatürk’s Secularism and Fundamentalist Islam

May 9, 2010 | Harold Rhode
Today there is an internal battle among Turkish Muslims between forces that want to be part of the Western world and those that want to return Turkey's political identity to be based primarily on Islamic solidarity. But it isn't Ottoman Islam that these Islamist Turks seek to revive. Their Islam is more in tune with the fanatically anti-Western principles of Saudi Wahhabi Islam.
Syria and Turkey: Walking Arm in Arm Down the Same Road?

Syria and Turkey: Walking Arm in Arm Down the Same Road?

December 1, 2009 | David Schenker
Two factors have led to Turkey’s shift away from Israel and toward Syria. First, Turkey no longer needed Israeli assistance to pressure the Syrian government to change its policy of providing safe-haven to the terrorist Kurdish Worker’s Organization (PKK). Second, in the past seven years, once secular Turkish politics have undergone a profound Islamist transformation.
Energy as an Element of Israel’s National Security

Energy as an Element of Israel’s National Security

October 26, 2008 | Brig.-Gen. (res.) Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
Israel is one of the leading countries in the world in developing technologies to produce electricity through renewable energy, mostly in the solar field. The National Infrastructures Ministry envisions a plan up to the year 2020 that will guarantee energy in the coming decades based on 40 percent natural gas, 40 percent coal, and up to 20 percent renewable energy.
Turkey: Between the Iranian-Syrian Axis, Israel, and the West

Turkey: Between the Iranian-Syrian Axis, Israel, and the West

November 20, 2007 | Aydan Kodaloglu
The Turkish Strategic Challenge After the July Elections

The Turkish Strategic Challenge After the July Elections

August 9, 2007 | Ariel Cohen
The Sarkozy Victory

The Sarkozy Victory

May 15, 2007 | Amb. Freddy Eytan
The EU and Israel: Radically Different Worldviews

The EU and Israel: Radically Different Worldviews

January 1, 2005 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld
Confronting European-Israeli Misunderstandings

Confronting European-Israeli Misunderstandings

January 1, 2005 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld
Turkey’s Elections and Israel

Turkey’s Elections and Israel

December 30, 2002 | Efraim Inbar
Russian Policy Toward the Middle East Under Yeltsin and Putin

Russian Policy Toward the Middle East Under Yeltsin and Putin

September 2, 2001 | Dr. Robert O. Freedman
Turkey Between Secularism and Islamism

Turkey Between Secularism and Islamism

February 16, 1997 | Dr. Jacob M. Landau
Turkey Between Secularism and Islamism

Turkey Between Secularism and Islamism

February 16, 1997 | Dr. Jacob M. Landau
Turkish-Israeli Relations: Crisis or Continued Cooperation?

Turkish-Israeli Relations: Crisis or Continued Cooperation?

July 15, 1996 | Dr. George E. Gruen
Turkey, Israel and the Peace Process

Turkey, Israel and the Peace Process

February 1, 1993 | Dr. George E. Gruen
The 18th Palestinian National Conference: A Victory which Spells Defeat

The 18th Palestinian National Conference: A Victory which Spells Defeat

May 24, 1987