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Soner Cagaptay

Soner Cagaptay is a coordinator of the Turkish Research Program of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

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"What binds Ankara and Jerusalem"

by Asaf Romirowsky , Soner Cagaptay

9 May 2005

Israel is a small, Jewish and post-industrial country while Turkey is a big, Muslim and industrial country. However, they both have much in common. Their peoples have close ethnic origins and religion is the main axis of their national identity. In both societies, religious persecution has (…)