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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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"Ready, Fire, Aim!"  Are We Stumbling into another War?

“Ready, Fire, Aim!” Are We Stumbling into another War?

By William R. Polk Analysis of foreign affairs problems often ends in a mental block. As we have seen in each of our recent crises […]

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Economy
How WW I, British Greed, and Oil Distorted Modern Iran

How WW I, British Greed, and Oil Distorted Modern Iran

By Farhad Malekafzali With one hundredth anniversary of the start of WWI fast approaching, the consequences of the war for Iran deserves attention. When it […]

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Why you need an EV: Radicalism in Iraq Menaces the World's most Important Oil Fields

Why you need an EV: Radicalism in Iraq Menaces the World’s most Important Oil Fields

By Juan Cole The virtual collapse of the Iraqi army and its inability to take back any territory from Sunni forces coordinated by the Islamic […]

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African-Americans
Blue Planet et al. Appeal to UN over Detroit Water cut-off to Thousands

Blue Planet et al. Appeal to UN over Detroit Water cut-off to Thousands

By Sarah Lazare 'By denying water service to thousands, Detroit is violating the human right to water.' As thousands of people in Detroit go without […]

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Arab Spring
Religion and the Fight over Public Space in Egypt

Religion and the Fight over Public Space in Egypt

By Marwa Fikry Abdel Samei | Cairo (Special to Informed Comment) “Have you pronounced blessings on the Prophet today?” These words alarmed the Egyptian regime […]

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Hardliners in Israel & Iran Resist US Pivot to Iran over ISIS

Hardliners in Israel & Iran Resist US Pivot to Iran over ISIS

By Juan Cole The continued advances of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or ISIL) on Sunday brought the radical Sunni movement to […]

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Afghanistan
Afghanistan and the Artificial US War on Terror (Anand Gopal’s New Book)

Afghanistan and the Artificial US War on Terror (Anand Gopal’s New Book)

By Juan Cole I guest-hosted a book salon over at Firedoglake on Sunday concentrating on Anand Gopal’s expose of the so-called ‘war on terror’ in […]

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Circumcision ceremony at Eskişehir archeology museum stirs controversy

Circumcision ceremony at Eskişehir archeology museum stirs controversy

A circumcision ceremony held in the midst of ancient monuments at the ETİ Archeology Museum stirs controversy

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 Israel Threatens Witnesses to its Killings of Palestinians, and it Must Stop

Israel Threatens Witnesses to its Killings of Palestinians, and it Must Stop

Via Human Rights Watch Israeli Army targets Man Whose Cameras Recorded Deaths Israel should be investigating these deaths, but instead its forces seem intent on […]

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