Hugh Pope

Author, Reporter, Editor

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Writer of books on Turkey, the Middle East and Central Asia. Formerly Director of Communications & Outreach and Turkey/Cyprus Project Director for International Crisis Group. Ex-Turkey & Middle East staff correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.

Month: May 2013

Turkey’s anti-alcohol cocktail of intrigue, dodgy licenses and moral rectitude

May 23, 2013

Turkey’s new anti-alcohol campaign seems to demonstrate the ruling Justice and Development Party’s inner Islamic agenda – or is it just clamping down on licences or part of a Byzantine political intrigue?

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Month: May 2013

Turkey’s anti-alcohol cocktail of intrigue, dodgy licenses and moral rectitude