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Juan Cole: Türkiye Bans Israeli Ships, Goods At Its Ports, Halts Cargo Overflights, Declares Gaza a Genocide

August 31, 2025 5 Comments

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced Friday that his country would completely cut economic relations with Israel, blocking Israeli ships…

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Wildfire ‘Apocalypse’ in Türkiye As Temperature Rises to Record 122.9º F

July 30, 2025 11 Comments

Although the very highest temperatures were elsewhere, it was so hot and dry in northwestern Turkey south of Istanbul that massive fires broke out at Bursa and elsewhere in that…

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Popular Fury Grows in Turkey Against Tyrannical Erdoğan Emboldened by Trump

March 25, 2025 7 Comments

The imprisonment of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the far-right president's top political rival, has unleashed a new wave of protests against increasingly autocratic rule.