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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: […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

09/21/2025 By Global Voices

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Climate Crisis
German Chancellor Scholz promises Construction of “four to five wind turbines per day” to reach 2030 Target

German Chancellor Scholz promises Construction of “four to five wind turbines per day” to reach 2030 Target

( Clean Energy Wire ) – In a bid to achieve the high renewable power expansion targets for the end of the decade, German chancellor […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

Israel/ Palestine
When Governments Speak of a Non-Existent 'Two-State Solution,' it is to Avoid Acknowledging Israeli Apartheid

When Governments Speak of a Non-Existent ‘Two-State Solution,’ it is to Avoid Acknowledging Israeli Apartheid

( Middle East Monitor) – In January 2021, the Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem declared that Israel imposes apartheid on the people of occupied Palestine, […]

Ramona Wadi

Bashar al-Assad
Turkey-Syria earthquake: Assad blames west as agencies struggle to get aid to his desperate people

Turkey-Syria earthquake: Assad blames west as agencies struggle to get aid to his desperate people

By Scott Lucas, University College Dublin | – (The Conversation) – It didn’t take long for Syria’s Assad regime to seek political and economic benefit […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees
As Death Toll Soars, can President Erdogan Survive Turkey's Earthquake Politically?

As Death Toll Soars, can President Erdogan Survive Turkey’s Earthquake Politically?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Monday’s massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake in south-central Turkey, in which at least 20,000 have died — and probably tens of […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Syria bears Brunt of economic Devastation caused by Quake

Syria bears Brunt of economic Devastation caused by Quake

( Irish Times ) – The death and devastation wreaked by Monday’s massive earthquake is greatest in Turkey, but that country is in a far […]

Michael Jansen

Displaced and Refugees
Twitter Blackout in Turkey amid Earthquake Rescue Operations: The Dangers of Microblogging Outages during Disasters

Twitter Blackout in Turkey amid Earthquake Rescue Operations: The Dangers of Microblogging Outages during Disasters

By Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University | – (The Conversation) – Twitter was blocked in Turkey on Feb. 8, 2023, according to internet monitoring service […]

The Conversation

Health
Football’s One to the Heart:  How Safe is the Superbowl for Players?

Football’s One to the Heart: How Safe is the Superbowl for Players?

By Robert Lipsyte | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The echoes still linger from that national sigh of relief last month when Buffalo Bills safety […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
IEA: Renewables plus Nuclear are able to meet 90% of Globe's New Electricity demand Through 2025

IEA: Renewables plus Nuclear are able to meet 90% of Globe’s New Electricity demand Through 2025

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The International Energy Agency, in a new report that is just out, estimates that 90% of new global electricity demand […]

Juan Cole

Books
Plagues and Painting with Words: Glimpses of Orhan Pamuk’s Writing Process

Plagues and Painting with Words: Glimpses of Orhan Pamuk’s Writing Process

By Erdağ Göknar | – ( LA Review of Books) – DURING THE LONG summer days in Istanbul, Orhan Pamuk devotes himself to intensive writing […]

Erdag Goknar

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