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Turkey is the biggest winner

Emre Gokalp (Anadolu): Pride and Anger: Orhan Pamuk’s Nobel Prize and Discourses of Nationalism. Martina Warning and Tuncay Kardas (Sakarya): The Impact of Changing Islamic Identity in Turkey’s New Foreign Policy. From The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, Asli Aydintasbas on how Turkey’s return to the Middle East may prove to be one of the most significant changes on the international scene; Hugh Pope on Erdogan's decade; an interview with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu; and an online symposium on Turkish foreign policy. Why Turkey is the biggest winner of 2011 — and will soon be a significant power. An article on Turkey’s reactions to the Arab Spring. Meliha Benli Altunisik on the not-quite-alliance between Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Gregory J. Barber on Turkey’s flawed model of moderate Islamism. Does a shadowy mullah in Pennsylvania really hold the reins of power in Turkey? Tayyip Erdogan is threatening to withdraw state support from the country's theatres after his daughter said she was insulted by an actor during a play. Major archaeological finds in Asia Minor, but researchers say Turkish government is shutting them out.