Saudi Arabia & Turkey: Contestation of Ideology, History and Interests
Joe Hammoura When the Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Bahrain, issued a list of demands to their …
Why Jerusalem is not the “Red Line”?
Joe Hammoura It was a shock for most of the world when the United States’ President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the …
Whither Turkey? The Old, the New and the Not-So-New in 2018
Joe Hammoura Like a typical adolescent, bent on asserting his phallic worth through projecting raw force right and left – thereby creating …
Turkey Tightrope Walking in the Gulf Region: Another Embarrassing Fall?
Joe Hammoura The ongoing crisis in the Gulf Region between the Saudi-led trio and Qatar that came in the wake of …
Post-Referendum Turkey: Prognostics
Joe Hammoura The denouement of the Turkish referendum melodrama, which has seen the ruling party’s proposal to change the country’s political system …
Turkey’s Lost Treasure: Story of a Soldier and Lebanese Turkmen Community
Joe Hammoura It wasn’t until 1989 when a Lebanese soldier was overheard speaking Turkish words by his commander that Turkey found out …
Turkish Foreign Policy Under the AKP Rule: The Limited Role of Turkey in Lebanon
Joe Hammoura During the last decade, Turkish foreign policy exhibited a heightened interest in the Middle East thereby inaugurating a sharp departure …
Atatürk’ten AKP’ye Türkiye’de Laiklik Kavramı
Joe Hammoura Laiklik kavramı, farklı dini gruplar arasındaki eşitliği ve devlet ile din arasındaki ayrımı vurguluyor. Mustafa Kemal tarafından kurulan Türkiye’nin …
Reviving the Ottoman Language: a Complicated “Religious” Mission
Joe Hammoura The ascendency of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) to power in the early 2000’s has ushered in seismic shifts …
مقابلة على موقع “لبنان الرسالة” في 4 كانون الثاني 2017
مقابلة على موقع “لبنان الرسالة” حول الإرهاب في تركيا وعملية الإعتداء على ملهى “رينا” الليلي تحت عنوان: تركيا: باب الجهاد على مصراعيه. إذا …