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Thursday, June 6, 2013

Recommended Articles on Turkish Protest


Rethinking secularism, World affairs: An excursion through the partitions of Taksim Square
By Jeremy F. Walton
The Immanent Frame - June 10, 2013
http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2013/06/10/an-excursion-through-the-partitions-of-taksim-square/

Trials and Tribulations of Turkish News Media
By Bilge Yesil
Jadaliyya - June 9, 2013
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/12122/trials-and-tribulations-of-turkish-news-media

Let Us Dot the ‘i’ and Cross the ‘t’: Insurgence and the End of ‘Tough Love’ Politics in Turkey
By Emrah Goker
Jadaliyya - June 8, 2013
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/12127/let-us-dot-the-%E2%80%98i%E2%80%99-and-cross-the-%E2%80%98t%E2%80%99_insurgence-an

The new young
The Economist - Jun 8th 2013 | ISTANBUL
http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21579005-protests-against-recep-tayyip-erdogan-and-his-ham-fisted-response-have-shaken-his-rule-and

The View from Istiklal
By Carole Woodall
Jadaliyya - June 8, 2013
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/12123/the-view-from-istiklal

Contours of a New Republic and Signals from the Past: How to Understand Taksim Square
By Kerem Oktem
Jadaliyya - June 7, 2013
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/12088/contours-of-a-new-republic-and-signals-from-the-pa

Hallucination of a Revolution in Turkey: Tahrir or Taksim?
By İsmail Numan Telci
World Bulletin - June 7, 2013
http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=110720

Erdogan Can Win By Engaging Turkey’s Park Protesters
By Hugh Pope
Bloomberg News - Jun 7, 2013
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-06/erdogan-can-win-by-engaging-turkey-s-park-protesters.html

Understanding the Structural Causes of Turkish Protests
By Saban Kardas 
German Marshall Fund of the United States - June 06, 2013
http://www.gmfus.org/archives/understanding-the-structural-causes-of-turkish-protests/ 

Erdogan in Trouble His Biggest Challenge Is President Abdullah Gul, Not Liberals
By Halil Karaveli
Foreign Policy - June 6, 2013
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/139438/halil-karaveli/erdogan-in-trouble?cid=nlc-this_week_on_foreignaffairs_co-060613-erdogan_in_trouble_4-060613
Sultan Erdogan Knows Best
By DAVID ROMANO
Rudaw - June 5, 2013
http://rudaw.net/english/opinion/06062013

Development Won’t Ensure Democracy in Turkey
By DARON ACEMOGLU
The New York Times - June 5, 2013 
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/06/opinion/development-wont-ensure-democracy-in-turkey.html?pagewanted=all

The Flip-side of the Anti-Capitalist Coin Istanbul Uprising
By ALI BEKTAS
Counterpunch - June 05, 2013
http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/06/05/istanbul-uprising/

Confronting an Elected Dictator: Popular Mobilization in Turkey
By Yunus Sözen
International Viewpoint - Wednesday 5 June 2013
http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article2996 

Turkey’s Secular Awakening
BY WHIT MASON
Foreign Policy | JUNE 5, 2013
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/06/05/turkey_s_secular_awakening?page=0%2C0

Turkey Protests: Rival Football Fans Join Forces
Sky News - June 5, 2013
http://news.sky.com/story/1099046/turkey-protests-rival-football-fans-join-forces 

Why Turkey is Up in Arms
By  Erdağ Göknar
Islami Commentary - June 4, 2013
http://islamicommentary.org/2013/06/erdag-goknar-why-turkey-is-up-in-arms/

Turkish Delight: A Sour Democracy
By Abdennour Toumi.
Nour News - Jun 4th, 2013
http://nournews.net/turkish-delight-a-sour-democracy/

On the 'Turkish Model': Neoliberal Democracy with Teargas
Evren Savci
Jadaliyya - June 4, 2013
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/12008/on-the-turkish-model_neoliberal-democracy-with-tea

The Turkish autumn
The Voice of Russia - June 4, 2013
http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_06_04/The-Turkish-autumn-0426/

The sugarcoated Gezi Park “Revolution”
By Seleme Baştürk / İstanbul
World Bulletin - June 4, 2013
http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=110492

Modern Turkey demands a modern democracy
By Philip Stephens
Gulfnews June 4, 2013
http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/modern-turkey-demands-a-modern-democracy-1.1192802

Occupy Gezi: The Limits of Turkey’s Neoliberal Success
By Cihan Tugal
Jadaliyya – June 4, 2013
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/12009/occupy-gezi_the-limits-of-turkey 

Why Turks are so angry
By Jenny White
CNN – June 4, 2013
http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/04/why-turks-are-so-angry/

Anger over Turkey’s ‘Islamization’ at the heart of protest
The Voice of Russia – June 4, 2013
http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_06_04/Anger-over-Turkey-s-Islamization-at-the-heart-of-protest-8608/

All the Prime Minister's Yes-Men
Henri J. Barkey | June 4, 2013
http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/all-the-prime-ministers-yes-men-8546

Norman Stone: Protests show the frailty of Turkey’s ‘progress’
Standard – June 4, 2013
http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/norman-stone-protests-show-the-frailty-of-turkeys-progress-8643446.html

Turkey’s Protests Send a Strong Message, But Will Not Bring Democracy
By Dani Rodrik
June 04, 2013
http://rodrik.typepad.com/dani_rodriks_weblog/2013/06/turkeys-protests-send-a-strong-message-but-will-not-bring-democracy.html

Erdoğan Over the Edge
By Claire Berlinski
Cith Journal  - June 3, 2013
http://www.city-journal.org/2013/eon0603cb.html

Gezi: the park that shook up Turkey
By Gulay Turkmen-Dervisoglu
Open Democracy - 3 June 2013
http://www.opendemocracy.net/gulay-turkmen-dervisoglu/gezi-park-that-shook-up-turkey

The economics of the “Turkish Spring”
by David P. Goldman
PJ Media - June 3rd, 2013
http://pjmedia.com/spengler/2013/06/03/the-economics-of-the-turkish-spring/
 
Turkey's Summer of Discontent
By Bessma Momani
Brookings Opinion | June 3, 2013
http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2013/06/03-turkey-politics-riots-momani

The view from Taksim Square: why is Turkey now in turmoil?
By Elif Shafak
The Guardian - Monday June 3, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/03/taksim-square-istanbul-turkey-protest

Report from Turkey: A Taste of Tahrir at Taksim
By Sungur Savran
En Passant - June 2, 2013
http://enpassant.com.au/2013/06/02/report-from-turkey-a-taste-of-tahrir-at-taksim/

Resentment against Erdogan explodes
by A.Z.
The Economist - Jun 2nd 2013 | ISTANBUL
http://www.economist.com/blogs/charlemagne/2013/06/turkish-politics

Why the Gezi Park Protests Do Not Herald a Turkish Spring (Yet)
By Zihni Özdil
Muftah - Jun 01, 2013
http://muftah.org/why-the-gezi-park-protests-do-not-herald-a-turkish-spring-yet/

The Right to the City Movement and the Turkish Summer
by Jay Cassano
Jadalliye  - June 1, 2013
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/11978/the-right-to-the-city-movement-and-the-turkish-sum 

Occupy Gezi: Police Against Protesters in Istanbul
By Elif Batuman
The New Yorker - June 1, 2013
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/06/occupy-taksim-police-against-protesters-in-istanbul.html

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