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In centennial year, Turkish voters will choose between Erdoğan’s conservative path and the founder’s modernist vision

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023
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On May 14, 2023, voters will go to the polls for presidential and parliamentary elections, and in October, the country will celebrate the centennial of the Republic.

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  • On May 14, 2023, voters will go to the polls for presidential and parliamentary elections, and in October, the country will celebrate the centennial of the Republic.
  • As a professor of political science, I have analyzed Turkish politics for many years.
  • The upcoming elections are truly historic because voters will choose which vision they prefer in the second centennial of Turkey – Erdoğan’s or Atatürk’s.

The presidential race

    • Four candidates are running in the forthcoming presidential race.
    • But public surveys suggest that it is a two-man race between President Erdoğan and Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the Republican People’s Party, or CHP, founded by Atatürk.

Erdoğan and populist Islamism

    • This included many Kurds, members of an ethnic minority in Turkey, who want cultural recognition and therefore resisted Turkish nationalism.
    • By 2013, these groups succeeded in weakening Atatürkists’ grip on politics and the bureaucracy.
    • On the contrary, he has wooed nationalists to his populist Islamist regime.
    • And they share anti-Western attitudes, from promoting anti-Western conspiracy theories to proposing Turkey’s exit from NATO.

The Atatürkist alternative

    • As the leader of the CHP, Kılıçdaroğlu represents the Atatürkist alternative to Erdoğan’s populist Islamism.
    • Yet Kılıçdaroğlu has been an exception among the Atatürkist elite.
    • To oversee the economy, Kılıçdaroğlu is reportedly eyeing two candidates – a former economy minister and a University of Pennsylvania finance professor.

Candidates’ advantages and hurdles

    • Erdoğan will rely on aspects of the authoritarian administration he has built over the last two decades.
    • But Erdoğan faces hurdles related to his authoritarian style, too, particularly the many discontented citizens his 20-year rule has produced.
    • The ongoing economic crisis – with an inflation rate over 80% – is another hindrance to his reelection.
    • And his vote could take a hit from the fallout of the recent earthquake that killed over 45,000 people in Turkey.

A global impact?

    • An Erdoğan win will signal that the global rise of right-wing populists is still robust enough to dominate a leading Muslim-majority country.
    • A victory for Kılıçdaroğlu, meanwhile, may be celebrated by democrats worldwide as a defeat of a populist Islamist leader, despite his control over the media and state institutions.

Genocide resisters, long overlooked by history, step into the spotlight

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Monday, April 24, 2023
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Modern scholars estimate up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by the Turkish government, and around 800,000 to 1.2 million were deported during World War I.

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  • Modern scholars estimate up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by the Turkish government, and around 800,000 to 1.2 million were deported during World War I.
  • Holocaust Remembrance Day takes place this month every year, as do commemorations for genocides in Cambodia, Iraqi Kurdistan, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
  • But recent research has taken a broader view, recognizing that mass violence takes place because of many complex factors.

1909 before 1915

    • The 1915 Armenian Genocide was not the first attack on Armenians in what is now Turkey.
    • And in 1909 – again, in April – there was a separate such episode.
    • In two waves of violence at the end of April 1909, more than 20,000 Armenians and other Christians were killed by Turks connected with the government.

Survivors on their own terms

    • “The Horrors of Adana” by Bedross Der Matossian is the first in-depth work on the Adana Massacres.
    • Aharon Shirajian to support the survivors of death marches and deportations.
    • Shirajian himself cared for a number of orphaned genocide survivors in Syria.
    • The survivors and their descendants have good reason to celebrate that spirit of resilience in the face of immense suffering.

London's Apollo Art Auctions to Host March 12 and 15 Sales of Expertly Curated Ancient and Cultural Art, Antiquities, Coins and Islamic Art

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Thursday, March 9, 2023
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LONDON, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As any collector of fine objects would attest, you can never have too much of a good thing. London's premier source for exquisite ancient and cultural art, Apollo Art Auctions, agrees with that sentiment, which is why they've organized two separate and distinct gallery sales in mid-March to accommodate an abundance of recently consigned treasures.

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  • The first sale, on March 12, is a 553-lot offering titled Ancient Art, Antiquities & Coins.
  • Following closely on March 15 is a magnificent 339-lot selection of Islamic Art.
  • The opening session encompasses a broad range of art and artifacts from Classical Europe, Egypt and the Near East, India and China.
  • The catalogue is divided into sections specifically devoted to Classical and Egyptian antiquities; coins, medieval works of art, and Asian works of art.

The Legacy of Ottomans returns to India with its 4th edition of India International Furniture Fair (IIFF)

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Thursday, December 1, 2022
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), the 4th edition of the India International Furniture Fair (IIFF) will pave the way for global brands into the Indian market.

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  • ), the 4th edition of the India International Furniture Fair (IIFF) will pave the way for global brands into the Indian market.
  • The three-day exclusive furniture exhibition will take place on 2nd, 3rd & 4th December 2022, at the International Expo Centre in Noida.
  • Delhi, Dec 1, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - India's biggest & most-exclusive furniture fair will see Inegöl Furniture Manufacturers Association along with the cream of the Turkish furniture manufacturing industry, coming together with their Indian counterparts to set footprints into the burgeoning Indian furniture market.
  • Inegöl has the capacity to meet about 40 percent of Turkey's furniture exports and it exports to 150 countries."

Documentary Release: The Greatest Dynasty You Never Heard Of

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Perhaps the most extraordinary secret of the Middle East was the long-reigning mighty Christian dynasty of the Ghassanid Sovereigns. For nearly 2,000 years until very recently, this bloodline ruled over the largest territory longer than any other Arab Dynasty. Founded in 220 CE by HM King Jaffna Ibn Amir the empire sprawled across parts of modern-day Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia. Their rule flourished from 220 CE until the mid-18th century (Christian branch), and 1921 CE (Muslim branch). Even more remarkable was the Ghassanids' noble legacy of chivalric ideals, cultural acceptance, women's equality, democracy, and charity. It can be said that the foundations of chivalry were laid by these people, known as The Christian Kings of the Middle East, documented as the very first protectors of the Holy Land almost five centuries before the first Crusades, and the creation of the primordial orders of chivalry. Continually fighting for survival and religious tolerance, the Ghassanids survived multiple Muslim empires but, since WWI, were forced into exile by the Ottoman Empire. They moved to the Americas, North and South changing their surnames to avoid further persecution.

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  • BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Perhaps the most extraordinary secret of the Middle East was the long-reigning mighty Christian dynasty of the Ghassanid Sovereigns.
  • For nearly 2,000 years until very recently, this bloodline ruled over the largest territory longer than any other Arab Dynasty.
  • Their rule flourished from 220 CE until the mid-18th century (Christian branch), and 1921 CE (Muslim branch).
  • Even more remarkable was the Ghassanids' noble legacy of chivalric ideals, cultural acceptance, women's equality, democracy, and charity.

Prince Philip of Serbia and Yugoslavia Joins Bitcoin Startup JAN3 as CSO

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Saturday, September 3, 2022
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BITCOIN CITY, El Salvador, Sept. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- His Royal Highness Hereditary Prince Philip of Serbia and Yugoslavia, also known as Prince Filip Karađorđević, is joining Bitcoin startup JAN3 as Chief Strategy Officer. As CSO, Prince Philip will engage with high-level actors and oversee strategic initiatives to accelerate Bitcoin adoption for nation-states and individuals. Prince Philip previously worked as an analyst at a prestigious global asset management firm. His experience in finance and interactions with high-level decision-makers make him well suited for this new role, where he will further the company's mission of accelerating hyperbitcoinization.

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  • Prince Philip of Serbia and Yugoslavia joins Bitcoin startup JAN3 as CSO.
  • BITCOIN CITY, El Salvador, Sept. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- His Royal Highness Hereditary Prince Philip of Serbia and Yugoslavia, also known as Prince Filip Karaorevi, is joining Bitcoin startup JAN3 as Chief Strategy Officer.
  • As CSO, Prince Philip will engage with high-level actors and oversee strategic initiatives to accelerate Bitcoin adoption for nation-states and individuals.
  • "We are very excited and fortunate to have Prince Philip join JAN3 as CSO.

Nikos Floros' Exhibition Inspired by 200 Year Anniversary of Greek War of Independence Extended

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Thursday, December 2, 2021
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Due to the popularity of the exhibition, it has been extended to the end of December 31, 2021.

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  • Due to the popularity of the exhibition, it has been extended to the end of December 31, 2021.
  • His ancestor, captain Nikos Floros, fell heroically during the battle of Athens, fighting for the independence of Greece from the Ottoman Empire.
  • The poet Alexander Pushkin was a contempory of the Greek War of Independence and wrote quite a few works inspired by the struggle.
  • The exhibition will then travel around the world, including the United States, representing Greece and the ideals of heroism, liberty and independence.

ANCA-WR Marks Anniversary of Azerbaijan's Invasion of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)

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Friday, September 24, 2021
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Hundreds of prisoners of war and civilian captives remain in Azerbaijan's illegal detention to this day, where they continue to face severe abuse and torture .

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  • Hundreds of prisoners of war and civilian captives remain in Azerbaijan's illegal detention to this day, where they continue to face severe abuse and torture .
  • Azerbaijan has also continued its policy of belligerency towards Armenia through its continued state-sponsored propagation of anti-Armenian racism (Armenophobia).
  • Despite widespread reports of Azerbaijan's violations of international humanitarian law, the response of the international community to the brazen act of aggression has been nothing short of negligent.
  • Azerbaijan's conduct since the end of the war has not inspired confidence that a peaceful resolution to this crisis is on the horizon.

Lisa Millet Joins Kleinfelder as Executive Vice President and Central Division Director

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Monday, March 4, 2019
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Kleinfelder announced today that Lisa Millet has joined the firm as Executive Vice President and Central Division Director.

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  • Kleinfelder announced today that Lisa Millet has joined the firm as Executive Vice President and Central Division Director.
  • Millet is a seasoned executive with significant experience providing strategic leadership for global and national engineering and construction operations.
  • Based in Kleinfelders Denver, CO office, Millet will oversee the companys operations throughout the Central United States and Canada.
  • Lisa is a well-respected and recognized leader who brings to Kleinfelder extensive operational management experience and new approaches that will drive growth and profitability, commented Louis Armstrong, President.

Lebanese Christian Scholar: U.S. and Russia Should Cooperate to Protect Pluralism in Middle East

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Friday, October 5, 2018
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From the late 18th century on, Malik explained, Britain, France and Russia were the primary imperial actors intervening in the Middle East, then under the rule of the Ottoman Empire.

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  • From the late 18th century on, Malik explained, Britain, France and Russia were the primary imperial actors intervening in the Middle East, then under the rule of the Ottoman Empire.
  • Russia at first assigned itself the role of protecting the region's Orthodox Christians, but abandoned that goal during its communist period.
  • The latter, Malik noted, enabled the rise of the Islamic State (ISIS), "the most lethal development" for religious pluralism in the Middle East.
  • In 2012, Habib Malik contributed to CSI's lecture series on 'The Future of Religious Minorities in the Middle East'.