For Americans, the term “Thanksgiving” conjures up images of turkey and cranberry sauce, parades and bowl games. These “traditions” have come to mark an event made a perpetual institution of American life by President Abraham Lincoln.
But why did Lincoln…
Turkey
Over the summer, I read the Hymns on Paradise written by St Ephrem the Syrian. Ephrem is a 4th century saint who lived in modern day Turkey and wrote in Syriac. Although much of what he wrote is liturgical –…
Last week at an opening ceremony for a hospital in Istanbul, Turkey Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made some strong remarks against abortion indicating the need for more restrictive abortion policy.
“I see abortion as murder. No one should allow…
Turkey is re-emerging as a significant regional power. In some sense, it is in the process of returning to its position prior to World War I when it was the seat of the Ottoman Empire. But while the Ottoman parallel…
