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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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Egypt
Deaths of Protesters Lead Egyptian Politicians to Suspend Presidential Campaign

Deaths of Protesters Lead Egyptian Politicians to Suspend Presidential Campaign

Thugs, very possibly backed by the continued military dictatorship in Egypt, attacked protesters at dawn on Wednesday in front of the Ministry of Defense in […]

Juan Cole

art and photography
Almohad Tower of Gold, Seville (Photo)

Almohad Tower of Gold, Seville (Photo)

Photograph by Juan Cole, July 27, 2010 The Torre del Oro in Seville, Spain, was built in the 1200s by the Almohad (Berber Muslim) dynasty […]

Juan Cole

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It is a fine thing to establish one’s own religion in one’s heart … (D. H. Lawrence Poster)

It is a fine thing to establish one’s own religion in one’s heart … (D. H. Lawrence Poster)

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Collapsing Afghanistan & Pakistan Refuse to Cooperate with Obama Photo Op

Collapsing Afghanistan & Pakistan Refuse to Cooperate with Obama Photo Op

President Barack Obama sneaked in and out of Afghanistan by the cover of night, his advance security team clearly too worried about the situation in […]

Juan Cole

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“Political language . . . is designed to make lies sound truthful” (George Orwell Poster)

“Political language . . . is designed to make lies sound truthful” (George Orwell Poster)

Juan Cole

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Romney wants to Fight Whole Muslim World, not Concentrate on Bin Laden

Romney wants to Fight Whole Muslim World, not Concentrate on Bin Laden

Mitt Romney said Monday that of course he would have taken out Bin Laden and that ‘even Jimmy Carter would have made that call.’ Since […]

Juan Cole

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A man’s duty to understand his world (Hemingway Poster)

A man’s duty to understand his world (Hemingway Poster)

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (125)

Omar Khayyam (125)

That lapis lazuli dome and golden tray  have turned time and again, and will revolve yet more. We, too, by the command of fate, arrived […]

Juan Cole

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Israeli Security Elite Slams Netanyahu, sidetracks War on Iran

Israeli Security Elite Slams Netanyahu, sidetracks War on Iran

Not only are high officials and former officials of the Israeli security establishment pushing hard back against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s seeming rush to war […]

Juan Cole

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