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A Turkish Spring Even If Different From The Arab Spring, Ahmed Souaiaia Jun 2013

A Turkish Spring Even If Different From The Arab Spring, Ahmed Souaiaia

Ahmed E SOUAIAIA

The wide-spreading protest movement in Turkey is bringing up the irresistible analogy: Taksim Square is for Turkey what Tahrir Square is for Egypt. Considering that Tahrir Square events were the extension of the protest movement that started it all from Tunisia, it follows that the turmoil in Turkey is similar to the so-called Arab Spring. But most observers and media analysts are dismissing Taksim Square movement arguing that Turkey’s uprising is not similar to the Arab Spring because Erdoğan and his party are democratically elected and that Erdoğan has governed over a period of unprecedented economic prosperity.

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Conflicts And Uses Of Cultural Heritage In Cyprus, Costas M. Constantinou, Olga Demetriou, Mete Hatay Dec 2011

Conflicts And Uses Of Cultural Heritage In Cyprus, Costas M. Constantinou, Olga Demetriou, Mete Hatay

Costas M. Constantinou

This paper examines the conflicts and politics of heritage within communities and across
the ethnic divide in Cyprus. By looking at three case studies of religious, antiquarian and
modern heritage, it underscores the selective appropriations and restorations of heritage
as well as problems of heritage identification and protection. Specifically it is concerned
with the status of churches and building of mosques in the northern part of the island, the
symbolic uses of the Kyrenia shipwreck and its replicas, and the difficulty in politically
appropriating the ruined Nicosia airport that is located in the UN Buffer Zone.

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Whatever You Say, Say Something: Remembering For The Future In Northern Ireland, Margo Shea Dec 2009

Whatever You Say, Say Something: Remembering For The Future In Northern Ireland, Margo Shea

Margo Shea

The question of how to ‘deal’ with the past in post‐conflict Northern Ireland preoccupies public conversation precisely because it separates a violent history from a fragile peace and an uncertain future. After a brief examination of contemporary Northern Ireland's culture of remembrance, this article provides some analysis of the potentials and dangers of efforts to confront the legacies of the Troubles. I argue here that the challenge for post‐conflict heritage work in Northern Ireland lies in forging practices that permit and facilitate different ways of encountering complex and contradictory histories. These new efforts to remember encourage citizens to incorporate disparate, …

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