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Because he completely dominated the poll, the Turkish President will be finding it even harder to swallow his party's defeats in Ankara und Istanbul. The loss of Turkey's two biggest cities shows that in the midst of an economic crisis, more Turks want solid solutions instead of bluster and grandstanding aimed at polarising the electorate. By Ulrich von Schwerin
Gönül Tol is the founding director of the Middle East Institute’s Turkey program and a senior fellow for the Frontier Europe Initiative. She is also an adjunct professor at George Washington University’s Institute for Middle East Studies. After three years of field research in Germany and the Netherlands, she wrote her dissertation on the radicalization of the Turkish Islamist movement Milli Gorus in Western Europe.
The Turkish diaspora group behind the Strasbourg project has come under fire despite the urgent need for bigger Muslim places of worship
Director of Turkey Program and Senior Fellow, Frontier Europe Initiative Gönül Tol is the founding director of the Middle East Institute’s Turkey program and a senior fellow for the Frontier Europe Initiative. She is also an adjunct professor at George Washington University’s Institute for Middle East Studies. After three years of field research in Germany and the Netherlands, she wrote her dissertation on the radicalization of the Turkish Islamist movement Milli Gorus in Western Europe. She was also an adjunct professor at the College of International Security Affairs at the National...
), Merkel said Germany would continue to protect artistic freedom. The Turkish president himself has requested the charges, taking advantage of a German law that criminalizes insulting foreign leaders. "Art and these fundamental values are valid regardless of any political problems we are discussing with each other, and that includes the refugee issue," Merkel said Tuesday, referring to a controversial deportation deal between the European Union and Turkey. During a satirical bit in which he explained what was legal and illegal under German defamation laws, Jan Böhmermann (pictured left) rea...