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	<title>The Comment Factory &#187; Gizem Yarbil</title>
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		<title>Turkey, coups and the &#8216;Sledgehammer&#8217; operation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gizem Yarbil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[coups]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turkey has been rattled by the news this week that about 50 military commanders were detained for allegedly planning a coup to overthrow the democratically elected Islamic-leaning government.
The commanders are accused of “attempting to remove the government through force and violence” in a supposed plot codenamed “Sledgehammer.” Alleged tactics include planting bombs at mosques and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Documentary tells story of Burma’s undercover journalists</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gizem Yarbil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year, a documentary film that portrays the plight of these audacious undercover journalists is in the running for an Oscar as Best Documentary Feature. Burma VJ, directed by the Danish filmmaker Anders Ostergaard, tells the heroic story of Burma’s bold video journalists, armed with their battered handycams to report the uncensored truth from their country while risking torture and jail sentences]]></description>
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		<title>Controversy flares over use of the word ‘Allah’ in Malaysia</title>
		<link>http://www.thecommentfactory.com/controversy-flares-over-use-of-the-word-%e2%80%98allah%e2%80%99-in-malaysia-2617</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gizem Yarbil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Critics argue that the word “Allah” predates Islam and Christians had been using the word for generations, long before the Muslims even existed. The word is Arabic and has been used by various cultures and societies where Arabic is the main language]]></description>
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		<title>Kurdish activists and politicians detained in Turkey</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gizem Yarbil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The detention of human rights workers and elected officials for being part of an alleged “urban network” of an armed, militant group without any real proof except for speaking in parliaments and participating in film festivals, is an outright abuse of democracy and will undoubtedly stall the peace process in the region]]></description>
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		<title>Investigating Turkish atrocities against their Kurdish population</title>
		<link>http://www.thecommentfactory.com/investigating-turkish-atrocities-against-their-kurdish-population-2540</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gizem Yarbil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editors Pick]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was growing up, everything I heard from Diyarbakir involved death and tragedy. Turkish media has covered the conflict extensively through the years, but generally only from the Turkish military’s point of view. Visuals of crying mothers of dead soldiers, coffins and military funerals on the evening news often accompanied our family dinners. But I don’t remember ever seeing a crying Kurdish mother or anything about the other side of the story on the news. For many of us, Kurds were the enemy, the “Other” that existed to destroy the Turkish people and the nation]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey, Islam and democracy: A reckoning</title>
		<link>http://www.thecommentfactory.com/turkey-islam-and-democracy-a-reckoning-2410</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gizem Yarbil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think rather than going towards the East or West, Turkey is becoming more like itself.  It is rediscovering its Ottoman past and coming to terms with its history and multiple identities. As long as Turkey remains democratic it will be Janus-faced, looking both to the Islamic world and Europe, just like the Ottoman Empire did for centuries]]></description>
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		<title>Israel condemns Turkish TV drama for “incitement”</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gizem Yarbil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In that case, considering the already strained relations between the two “allied” nations, the question becomes, is the Turkish government interested in enlarging the rift between the two countries? And if so, what would this say about the future of the Middle East?]]></description>
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		<title>Talented girls level the gender playing field in Turkey</title>
		<link>http://www.thecommentfactory.com/talented-girls-level-the-gender-playing-field-in-turkey-2371</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecommentfactory.com/talented-girls-level-the-gender-playing-field-in-turkey-2371#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gizem Yarbil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think it's a huge step forward to have a professional women's football league in Turkey; after all, it has been established in so many European countries for many years. Girls playing football or lifting heavy weights are at the beginning of a long road to establish total equality for women and men in Turkey]]></description>
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		<title>Portrayal of Mumbai attackers as just &#8220;extremist Islamists&#8221; ignores wider context</title>
		<link>http://www.thecommentfactory.com/portrayal-of-mumbai-attackers-as-just-extremists-islamists-ignores-wider-context-803</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gizem Yarbil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[mumbia attacks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The disgraceful attacks in Mumbia may have been committed by Muslims, but the targets of the violence would indicate there is a wider context that is not being explored yet.]]></description>
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		<title>Religulous is ridiculous</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gizem Yarbil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Maher's latest movie, Religious, is a vainglorious and toothless attack on religion by an atheist who thinks he is actually God. ]]></description>
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