World History
Here's a 90 second clip showing the brutality of the demonstrations in Turkey last week. And here is an excellent article from Mother Jones outlining the causes of the demonstrations. Finally, here are several other stories about the crisis from the New York Times and other sources.
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- Origins Of Turkey's Demonostrations
Excellent short clip, from AlJazeera, about the origins of the demonstrations in Turkey (just less than 3 minutes)...
World History
Protests in Turkey
- Turkey's Authoritarian Turn (Seyla Benhabib, NY Times)
- As Turks Challenge Their Leader?s Power, He Tries to Expand It (New York Times)
- Gallery: Protest in Turkey (Reuters)
- Police Against Protests in Istanbul (New Yorker)
- Turkish Opinion Poll Finds Majorities Slam Erdogan policies on Alcohol, Syria (Juan Cole,Informed Consent)
- History Of Syria
History of Syria. This is a short history of the Middle Eastern nation of Syria. It covers ancient times to the present with an emphasis on the 20th Century. Syria has been in the news a lot lately. Do you believe Syria's interior minister Ghazi...
- History Of Turkey
History of Turkey. This is a short history of the European and Asian nation of Turkey. Although the modern nation of Turkey is recent, the area has had a rich history under the Eastern Roman Empire and the Ottoman Turks. The fall of Constantinople in...
- Pope Calls Armenian Deaths Genocide
> Was the killing of close to 2 million Armenians by Turks in 1915 genocide? That's what the Pope called it today. Turkey immediately withdrew its ambassador to the Vatican saying that the evidence for genocide is controversial. The Al Jazeera clip...
- Ukraine Crisis Explained
Here's an excellent review from The Telegraph of the events in Ukraine from the February protests to the Russian invasion a few weeks ago. Ken Halla also posted some great resources on Ukraine on the government blog here, including a great Hip Hughes...
- Origins Of Turkey's Demonostrations
Excellent short clip, from AlJazeera, about the origins of the demonstrations in Turkey (just less than 3 minutes)...