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Two new important histories look at Hitler’s fascination with Islam and Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey David Mikics Tablet 11/24/2014 Both Hitler and Himmler had a soft spot for Islam. Hitler several times fantasized that, if the Saracens had not been stopped at the Battle of Tours, Islam would have spread through the European […] November 24th, 2014 | Tags: anti-semitism, Caliphate, Hassan Rouhani, Javad Zarif, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Ottoman Empire, Secretary of State John Kerry, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Turkey | Category: Congress, Foreign Policy, Germany, History, Iran, Islam, National Security, Nazis, United States, World War I, World War II | Comments are closed
Taksim Square protests
Christian Rice PolicyMic 2 June 2013 Protesters flooded Istanbul’s Taksim Square Friday after heavy-handed police tactics and increasing dissatisfaction with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who some say is becoming increasingly authoritarian. The mainstream media has yet to highlight the protests. Meanwhile, police brutality continues as over […] June 3rd, 2013 | Tags: authoritarianism, class warfare, elitism, Istanbul, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey | Category: Islam, Politics, Social networking websites | Comments are closed
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