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Erdogan And The Bitter Lessons Of Modern Muslim Leadership

"Religion is no longer an ally of the weak, the disenfranchised, the wounded. It is in the service of rulers and is dangerous to anyone who does not wish to capitulate."
"Religion is no longer an ally of the weak, the disenfranchised, the wounded. It is in the service of rulers and is dangerous to anyone who does not wish to capitulate." Ashraf Amra/APA Images/ZUMA

-OpEd- BERLIN — There’s a cold civil war in Turkey. An event like the mining catastrophe and its 301 victims could have united the deeply split country, emotionally. But not even the grief of so many Turks could bring supporters and opponents of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan together. Turkey is split into at least […]

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Turkish Mine Disaster: Gas Masks Were Old, Cheap, Made In China

Recuers wait outside the entrance of the Soma mine on May 15.
Recuers wait outside the entrance of the Soma mine on May 15. Lu Zhe/Xinhua/ZUMA

With more than 300 dead, survivors of last week’s Soma mine disaster in Turkey say their gas masks were useless. Turns out they were 20-year-old dirt cheap models. All apparently legal.

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