Published work 2012…
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January 2012
Behind Bars in the Deep State [Foreign Policy]
Turkey’s Asian-style growth [business new europe]
US Republican candidate labels Turkey’s leaders “Islamic terrorists” [business new europe]
IMF worries over Turkey’s “overburdened” monetary policy [business new europe]
Rebels Without a Clue [Foreign Policy]
February 2012
Turkish army sets out to recruit the perfect woman [The Independent]
Turkey’s Bosphorus bridge to be sukuked? [business new europe]
Turkey doubles gold output in 2011 [business new europe]
Voices from inside Homs [The Independent]
Turkey’s relations with Europe take another hit [business new europe]
Turkey-EU relations suffer death by a million cuts [business new europe]
Turkey and Azerbaijan a step closer on Tanap [business new europe]
UN: 100 civilians killed in Syria every day [The Independent]
Red Cross rescue fails as Assad’s tanks roll back into Homs [The Independent]
Syria holds ‘farcical’ poll while violence continues [The Independent]
Rising sectarianism sees Alawites lose their sense of security [The Independent]
Rebel forces armed by wealthy exiles [The Independent]
March 2012
No Refuge [Foreign Policy]
Turkey’s Erdogan lashes out at cancer report [business new europe]
Kofi Annan flies in – but still Homs feels Assad’s rage [The Independent]
Turkey: Syrian Strife Could Have Unsettling Impact on Southern Province [EurasiaNet.org]
BOSPORUS BLOG: What are the Gulen movement’s aspirations? [business new europe]
Annan heads to China with plans to end Syrian conflict [The Independent]
BOSPORUS BLOG: Games and crime in Turkey [business new europe]
Turkey gets into a lather over ‘disgusting’ shampoo advert featuring Adolf Hitler [The Independent]
April 2012
World powers increase backing for an armed Syrian rebellion [The Independent]
BOSPORUS BLOG: Turkey’s tough role in a rough neighbourhood [business new europe]
Turkey’s former president goes on trial for 1980 coup [The Independent]
Turkey: Ankara Engaged in Energy Balancing Act [EurasiaNet.org]
Thousands of displaced Syrians cross to Turkey as time runs out [The Independent]
BOSPORUS BLOG: Winner takes all in Turkey [business new europe]
A Turkish rennaissance [business new europe]
BOSPORUS BLOG: Keep Chinese goods away from the Iraq bazaar! [business new europe]
Turkey a fearless investor in the Middle East [business new europe]
Attacks on Turkey and Lebanon shred Syria peace plan [The Independent]
BRICKS & MORTAR: Turkey puts 2B land up for sale, at last [business new europe]
May 2012
BOSPORUS BLOG: Pamuk’s museum and an Istanbul property tale [business new europe]
Turkish industrial production growth offers (short term) optimism [business new europe]
Cities of Dreams [Wall Street Journal]
Property Made Easy [Wall Street Journal]
Turkey: A Peek Inside a Gulen School [EurasiaNet.org]
INTERVIEW: The lonely life of Turkish Cypriots [business new europe]
Island troubles [business new europe]
BOSPORUS BLOG: Too much of the same in Cyprus [business new europe]
Turkey foils Syrian plot to kidnap rebel leader Riad al-Assad [The Independent]
Inside Turkey’s Secretive, Islamic ‘Gulen’ School Movement [The Atlantic]
Love in the Time of Syrian Revolution [The Atlantic]
‘Abortions are like air strikes on civilians’: Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rant sparks women’s rage [The Independent]
June 2012
The Saudi woman who took on nail polish police [The Independent]
Turkey: Cyprus Gas Drilling Could be Geopolitical Accident Waiting to Happen [EurasiaNet.org]
Pennsylvania-based imam pulling strings in Turkey? [Latitudenews]
Exclusive: Arab states arm rebels as UN talks of Syrian civil war [The Independent]
Taxing times in Turkey [business new europe]
Picturesque Little Cyprus Sparks Yet More Conflict, This Time Over Oil [The Atlantic]
BOSPORUS BLOG: President Erdogan? [business new europe]
Is Turkey Turning Its Back on Atatürk? [EurasiaNet.org]
Turkish plane may have been in Syrian airspace when shot down, says Turkish president Abdullah Gul [The Telegraph]
Syria insists shooting down of Turkish plane was “an accident” [The Telegraph]
Nato showdown as Turkey accuses Syria of downing jet in international airspace [The Independent]
Wave of Syrian defections piles pressure on Assad [The Independent]
Assad talks of a ‘state of war’ as rebels attack [The Independent]
As Turkey Changes, So Does Its View of the Founding National Hero, Atatürk [The Atlantic]
Turkey’s Not Messing Around Anymore [Foreign Policy]
July 2012
Turkey weighs options for dealing with Syria [Washington Post]
Turkish soccer chief guilty, but free [LatitudeNews]
TV host stuns Turkey: ‘I’d let my husband have another wife’ [The Independent]
Ankara: Now About Art, Not Just Atatürk [EurasiaNet.org]
Steppe Sports [Brownbook magazine]
Syrian rebels: ‘I don’t think we need help from a woman from Canada’ [The Globe and Mail]
Assad troops move on Damascus as massacre toll is cut [The Independent]
Syrian refugees on Turkish border offer respite for rebels [The National]
Damascus residents told to flee as military promises ‘violent clashes’ [The National]
Rebels outmanoeuvre Syrian troops to seize border post [The National]
Syrians flee Damascus as Assad launches fightback [The Independent]
FSA hopes seized border post will help civilians escape violence [The National]
Syria post-Assad could be too dangerous to return to: refugees [The National]
Alawites fear they, and not Assad, are the target of rebels [The National]
August 2012
Turkey’s Antakya a refuge for Syrians [The National]
When Syria’s rebel cause has a British accent [The National]
Syrian Bombs Follow Refugees To The ‘Liberated’ City of Azaz [al-Monitor]
In Syria, group suspected of al-Qaeda links gaining prominence in war to topple Assad [Washington Post]
Turkey Photo: Fallout from the Syrian Conflict [EurasiaNet.org]
The Air War in Aleppo [Foreign Policy]
Turkey: Volga Tatar Community Losing Touch with Heritage [EurasiaNet.org]
Interview from Aleppo [BBC]
September 2012
Turkey facing renewed test from Kurdish militants [Washington Post]
Turkey: Sex Education Remains Taboo Topic [EurasiaNet.org]
Turkey’s Men in Syria [Foreign Policy]
Turkey Photo: Inking Ataturk [EurasiaNet.org]
Alawite FSA supporter whose father backs Assad tells of a Syrian family ripped apart [The National]
Turkey Tattoo [Brownbook Magazine]
Three high-ranking officers sentenced to 20 years as legitimacy of evidence is questioned [The Independent]
October 2012
‘The final straw’: Turkey authorises attack on Syria [The Independent]
Tensions persist between Turkey, Syria after cross-border military exchange [Washington Post]
Turkey urged to step back from brink of war with Syria [The Telegraph]
Turkish village mourns family killed by Syrian mortars [The National]
Turkey scrambles fighter jets as fighting threatens to engulf Syrian border [The Telegraph]
Holding Civil Society Workshops While Syria Burns [Foreign Policy]
Turkey scrambles jets over regime helicopter [The National]
Syria’s war threatens to engulf Turkish border towns [The National]
Turkey scrambles fighter jets as fighting threatens to engulf Syrian border [The Telegraph]
Emerging From the Shadows [Brownbook Magazine]
Turkey: Ankara Surveys the Boundary Between Journalism and Advocacy [EurasiaNet.org]
November 2012
Turkey: Istanbul Mosque Debate about Democracy or Islam? [EurasiaNet.org]
Syrian Armenians: ‘Our enemy’s flag made us happy, but ashamed [The National]
Iran may look north to skirt US sanctions [The National]
Syrian jets bomb border area that is home to refugees, rebel fighters [Washington Post]
Erdogan rises to forefront of regional stage [Daily Star]
Syria’s war exposes fault lines of sectarian divisions [The National]
Syria’s rebels are winning ground war [The National]
In Syria, clashes between Arab rebels, Kurds [Washington Post]
December 2012
Turkish TV channel fined for ‘The Simpsons’ blasphemy episode [The Telegraph]
PHOTOS: Armenia Embraces Syrians, Warily [The Wall Street Journal]
PHOTOS: Winning Move: Chess Reigns as Kingly Pursuit in Armenia [The Wall Street Journal]
Damascus runs out of bread as winter approaches [The National]
Kurds in Istanbul [al-Monitor]
The Most Dangerous Beat on Earth [Foreign Policy]
