Tag Archives: Iran

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: The Third Way in Iranian Politics?

But the evidence for the Iranian President’s pragmatism is becoming too great to ignore – especially if we look at his closest political ally, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei. Continue reading

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“Yoktur Ruh İçin Daha Büyük Hastalık”: Türkiye ve İran Arasındaki “Mevlana” Savaşının Saçmalığı

Tam da insanlığın Mevlana’nın barış, sevgi ve birlik mesajını gerçekten hayata geçirmesi gerektiği bir dönemde onun mirasına “güya” sahip çıkanların bu büyük insanın “milliyetini” tartışıyor olmaları trajikomiktir. Continue reading

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“There is No Worse Sickness for the Soul”: The Stupidity of the “Mevlana War” Between Turkey and Iran

It’s tragicomical that, at a time when mankind needs to really implement Mevlana’s message of peace, love, and harmony, his supposed followers fight over the great man’s “nationality.” Continue reading

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Notice to Egypt: Don’t Listen to Turkey, Iran, or Israel

Why would Egyptians want to replace one political regime producing an incompetent autocrat for other regimes that produce incompetent autocrats? Continue reading

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The Protests in Tunisia and Egypt and the Future of Democracy in the Middle East

None of this is to argue that there’s anything inherently undemocratic about Middle Eastern societies. But it is a fact that the struggle for democracy has been reversed in some Middle Eastern countries. Continue reading

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