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Erdogan: Palestine’s Mosques are Islamic and cannot be part of Israel’s heritage

Turkish premier Recep Erdogan stressed Sunday that the mosques in occupied Palestine, atop of them the Aqsa Mosque, had never been and would not be part of the Jewish heritage,

Istanbul: a city of dilemmas

Misconceptions of Turkey make it seem like a backward society where women cannot walk around uncovered, mixing between sexes is forbidden and alcohol is unavailable. This cannot be further from

Obama, Muslims & Islamism

Barack Obama responded to a student’s question in Istanbul in April 2009 with an interesting comment on the pace of political change.