The European Elections and What They Mean for Turkey

June 5, 2014 The reaction of the world press at the results of the EU Parliamentary elections  have so far been dominated by hyperbolic and catastrophist headlines, heavy on (highly repetitive and after a while a bit tedious) tectonic metaphors (“EU Elections = Policical Earthquake”, etc.). Notwithstanding the media’s sensationalism for commercial purposes (drama sells) and also…

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Islam is Largest Non-Christian Faith in 20 States

June 4, 2014 The second-largest religion in each state by Reid Wilson Christianity is by far the largest religion in the United States; more than three-quarters of Americans identify as Christians. A little more than half of us identify as Protestants, about 23 percent as Catholic and about  2 percent as Mormon. But what about the…

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