The way of Islam | Ep3

Revenge on Atatürk |  Ep2

Observed with curiosity and fascination when he came to power in 2003, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seemed to embody the fusion of political islam and of democracy. Over the years, the Turkish regime has hardened, and Claude Guibal shows us in this episode how Erdoğan’s discourse has also become Islamized. Legacy of the Cold War in … Read more

The spider’s web | Ep4

Revenge on Atatürk |  Ep2

How did we arrive at this iron glove brought down on Turkey? Result of a veritable ideological web woven over the years that Claude Guibal traces. You will discover how Erdoğan is just a democrat of opportunity who has stifled the democratic, secular, traditional Turkish system. Most sections of civil society have come under its … Read more

The Turk has no friends other than the Turk | Ep5

Revenge on Atatürk |  Ep2

In search of greatness lost from Ottoman Turkey This saying about Turks is very popular in Türkiye. Erdoğan made it his own from an early age. His vision of the world is that of a Turkey with secure borders, to which he would give back, and his past greatness, that of the time of the … Read more

Rare earths, the reverse side of the green transition

Rare earths, the reverse side of the green transition

You have to slalom in the middle of the woods, on the back of a snowmobile to approach the deposit. On the surface, nothing lets guess the richness of the subsoil, if not this drill, noisy, which probes the ground, explores and tirelessly extracts the rock. ” How’s it going ? Pretty good ! The … Read more

Blood tests: what are they used for? – She

Blood tests: what are they used for?  - She

Posted on March 28, 2023 at 7:15 a.m. Blood tests contain valuable information for your doctor, but they are not enough to reflect your overall health – © Pixabay Fasting blood sugar, cholesterol, hemoglobin… blood tests are often prescribed by doctors to help them make their diagnosis. A brief overview of the main examinations that … Read more

Cervantes defeated by Garcia Marquez

Mykonos, its festivals and... its archaeologists

World History – 03/28 You wanted to tell us about a literary victory this morning… The absolute – and somewhat painful – victory of the great Colombian writer who died in 2014, Gabriel García Márquez. He has become the most translated Spanish-language author in the world and it is the Cervantes Institute that says so … Read more

Amnesty points to West’s ‘lack of action’ to condemn rights abuses far from Europe

Amnesty points to West's 'lack of action' to condemn rights abuses far from Europe

While Russia has been pursuing its offensive in Ukraine for more than a year, Amnesty International denounces in its Annual Report A “Two weights, two measures“in condemnations of human rights violations.”The West’s strong response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine stands in stark contrast to the deplorable lack of meaningful action in the face of serious … Read more