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		<title>Happy 2012&#8230;My last published story of 2011&#8230;the Turkish Republic and the Gülen movement&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Istanbul-My last story of 2011 was published Thursday by EurasiaNet.org. Turkey: Has Gülen Movement Replaced Deep State? was meant to raise a series of questions that are very prevalent in Turkey, especially in the past weeks as hundreds of people have been detained in Turkey, almost always on scant evidence. The December 26 trial of arrested Turkish journalists [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=justinvela.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9157465&amp;post=1778&amp;subd=justinvela&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inside Syria with the Free Syrian Army in Ain al-Baida&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Vela</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Istanbul-At the beginning of December, I was back on the Syrian-Turkish border, to do a story on couriers for the Free Syrian Army (FSA) that were going back and forth between the two countries, carrying supplies in and secret dispatches and wounded civilians out. While researching the story I again crossed the border into Syria, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=justinvela.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9157465&amp;post=1763&amp;subd=justinvela&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More on the Syrian rebels first attack inside Damascus&#8230;a critical Free Officers Movement wary of Turkey&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Istanbul-This morning the Independent published a piece by me on Syrian rebels carrying out their first attack inside Damascus. Coming shortly after an assault on the air force intelligence headquarters just outside the capital, the reported attack contributes to a growing sense that the Syrian opposition is ready to make a more co-ordinated use of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=justinvela.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9157465&amp;post=1747&amp;subd=justinvela&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;new&#8221; young Turks&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Istanbul-I&#8217;ve got a new article out on university graduates in Turkey who are unable to find suitable jobs. It was commissioned and first published by EurasiaNet.org  Setting the stage for the unemployment conundrum is the demographic fact that more than half of Turkey’s estimated population of 75 million people is under the age of 30. And not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=justinvela.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9157465&amp;post=1738&amp;subd=justinvela&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Islamic banking in Turkey, a short history involving the secular military and the Naksibendi&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Vela</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Istanbul-Yesterday, EurasiaNet.org published an article by me on Islamic banking in Turkey.  Amid Turkey’s turn away from strict secularism, Islamic banking practices in the country are gaining currency. But they still face significant obstacles as they strive to enter the financial mainstream. The Atlantic also ran the story.  While researching the article, I went through [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=justinvela.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9157465&amp;post=1726&amp;subd=justinvela&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kyrgyzstan&#8217;s election&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Istanbul- Kyrgyzstan held its presidential election today (Oct. 30). The event is being described as Central Asia&#8217;s first relatively democratic election.  I ventured to Kyrgyzstan earlier this year and published a series of articles from a region I hope to continue covering. Following June 2010 violence in the southern city of Osh, there is hope [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=justinvela.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9157465&amp;post=1702&amp;subd=justinvela&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey&#8217;s green energy village&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Istanbul- Last week I published a story on green energy in Turkey with EurasiaNet.org Turkey: Betting on Wind Power, One Village at a Time The story focuses on the rural village of Akbiyik in Turkey&#8217;s Western Bursa province, which has high hopes for a windmill it built to provide green energy. From the story: Akbiyik, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=justinvela.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9157465&amp;post=1696&amp;subd=justinvela&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two new Turkey articles&#8230;back after four days in Bursa&#8230;a wind-seeking village&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Istanbul-I&#8217;m back home after four days working on an alternative energy story in Turkey&#8217;s western province of Bursa. That story is forthcoming. While I was there, EurasiaNet.org and business new europe published stories by me: Turkey: Cartoonist Faces Trial for Asserting that “Religion Is a Lie” Not too long ago, when the military acted as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=justinvela.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9157465&amp;post=1672&amp;subd=justinvela&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Travels 2006-2009…Golubac…Eurovision&#8230;June 2008…</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eurovision has come and gone in a blur. The song contest is a meant to symbolize European unity. That significance of its appearance in Serbia after the country voted for a pro-EU path is lost on no one. DS has a majority in parliament, allowing Tadic strong control over the government. Radovan Karadzic will be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=justinvela.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9157465&amp;post=1662&amp;subd=justinvela&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Travels 2006-2009…Election day in Serbia&#8230;May 11, 2008&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“This wine is like giggles in my mouth,” Mia says. She looks around. “I haven’t drunk wine in a park for ages.” She laughs with the tips of her fingers pressed against her lips and seems to have a thought, but does not voice it. She sighs and we begin. “If I had the power [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=justinvela.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9157465&amp;post=1654&amp;subd=justinvela&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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