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UK: Boris Johnson’s Victory Irks European Liberals

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on December 14, 2019 41 Comments

Protesters outside Downing street scream: "Not My Prime Minister."

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Anti-Israel bias at Human Rights Watch (Part 2: Two decades of anti-Zionism)

Posted by Petra Marquardt-Bigman on May 18, 2019 3 Comments

Founder and former Chairman of HRW, Robert Bernstein: "I must do something that I never anticipated: I must publicly join the group’s critics"

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Iran’s currency is collapsing under threat of nuke deal being rescinded by Trump, possibility of new sanctions

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 11, 2018 16 Comments

Central bank set single exchange rate at 42,000 rials to the dollar.

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Ahed Tamimi case is about child exploitation by anti-Israel activists

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 29, 2017 2 Comments

People who glorify using Palestinian children to create photo-ops would be universally condemned in any other context.

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Election Monitors Claim Turkish Vote Happened With ‘Unlevel Playing Field’

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 17, 2017 5 Comments

Opposition parties have three days to file complaints to the election board.

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Jew-baiting Turkish bully Erdogan’s party loses parliamentary majority

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 07, 2015 7 Comments

Hopefully the beginning of the end of tyranny in Turkey.

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Turkish Court Ruling Allows Gezi Park Demolition to Proceed

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 22, 2013 4 Comments

Demolition can move forward in Taksim Square’s Gezi Park in Istanbul, Turkey, according to an administrative court’s ruling. From Hurriyet Daily News: An Istanbul administrative court has unanimously overturned a lower court’s stay of order ruling on planned construction on Istanbul’s Gezi Park, allowing the...

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Turkish Court Blocks Gezi Park Redevelopment Plans

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 03, 2013 4 Comments

In a June decision that was just published Wednesday, a Turkish court ruled that plans to redevelop Istanbul’s Taksim Square and adjacent Gezi Park must be canceled.  The site was a trigger point for protests that grew into a larger anti-government movement, fueled by opposition to...

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Facebook and Twitter refuse to “cooperate” with Turkish gov’t crackdown on protesters

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 27, 2013 2 Comments

Turkey appears to be following through on its threats to take over more control of Twitter and Facebook postings, after protests heavily driven by social media have engulfed the country for weeks.  But the social media giants do not appear to be cooperating with demands...

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Live stream: Turkish police renew assault on Gezi Park protesters

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2013 3 Comments

We stand with the Turkish protesters

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Turkish government cracks down on protesters, arrests lawyers (Updates)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 11, 2013 9 Comments

We stand with the Turkish protesters

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Everyday I’m Çapuling!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 08, 2013 19 Comments

We stand with the Turkish protesters

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Will Gezi Park Spur a ‘Turkish Spring’? Watch Live Coverage

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 31, 2013 2 Comments

UPDATE 6/1 – 11:00am EST: We have moved live coverage to this link. Taksim Square’s Gezi Park  in Istanbul, Turkey has erupted into a scene of chaos this afternoon, after protesters who have been demonstrating there throughout the day clashed with Turkish police.  The protests...

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