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Meet Harun Yahya: The leading creationist in the Muslim world

Steven Paulson | October 21, 2009

I was startled by how quickly the phone call came. I'd just sent an e-mail to Istanbul to see whether Islam's leading creationist would be available for an interview. I would soon ...
Turkey at an Energy Crossroads

Greg Bruno | November 20, 2008

Introduction Turkey is an energy-transit nation that links Caspian and Central Asian suppliers with European consumers. But threatened interruptions to oil and gas transmission ...
A Risky New Film on Ataturk

Shayla Harris | November 12, 2008

A new documentary film shows Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the revered and godlike founder of Turkey, as a private person with human weaknesses - a rare and risky endeavor. Click here ...
11 Gatekeeper Editors travel to Turkey

John Schidlovsky | November 01, 2008

The Gatekeepers met with a wide range of Turkish leaders in fields such as politics, business, religion, media, medicine and health, education, arts and culture and other ...
The Future Flows through It

Jill Burcum | November 01, 2008

Turkey is not just where cultures bracingly blend, or through which pipelines are crucially threaded, though these things are certainly true. It's simply where the world's vital ...
Religion in Secular Turkey

Shayla Harris | November 01, 2008

In the fall of 2008 12 senior U.S. editors and producers traveled to Turkey for a 10-day International Reporting Project (IRP) Gatekeeper Editors trip. They were accompanied by ...
Turkey’s Rising Star

Greg Bruno | October 09, 2008

When Russia and Georgia fought a brief war in August, Turkey was thrust into a delicate balancing act between a pro-democratic West and an emergent Russia, a nation that supplies ...
Turkey at a crossroads

Larisa Epatko | October 08, 2008

While Turkey's strategic geographic location elevates it regionally and internationally, its position at the intersection point of so ...
Turkey’s Top Foreign Policy Aide Worries about False Optimism in Iraq

Greg Bruno | September 19, 2008

Ahmet Davutoglu, the chief foreign policy aide to Turkey's prime minister, says he fears recent optimism on Iraq in the United States overlooks significant, dangerous problems ...
Turkey’s Near Abroad

Greg Bruno | September 19, 2008

ISTANBUL – In the waning days of the conflict between Russia and Georgia last month, politicians in Turkey focused elsewhere—on Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, Central ...