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Items by Bakr Sidqi
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Will Turkey return to its broken European course?
Turkey has recently been under intense pressure from both Washington and Moscow. In some statements by government officials there have been signs of a rapprochement with Europe, as if it were the lifeline for the next economic crisis, which is expected to have dire consequences. This was encouraged by...
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Merci! Designer credits French burkini ban for sales boom
The woman who invented the burkini has reaped a tenfold jump in sales since France banned her swimwear, and says her coveralls have opened a whole new sporting life for Muslim women. Thousands of women in Europe – many non-Muslims – now buy her swimsuit to cover up at...
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Iran and Turkey confronting Kurdish independence referendum
There is no doubt that the result of the referendum regarding the independence of the Kurdish region is a great risk on the part of the Kurds and their political leadership. All of the individuals, political forces and states who are and are not concerned in the issue have...