![Chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars Youssef al-Qaradawi speaks during a news conference in Doha June 23, 2014. The influential Sunni Muslim cleric said on Monday that only dialogue could solve Iraq's crisis, sounding a conciliatory note on the threat posed by Sunni Islamist insurgents that could further polarise the Middle East along sectarian lines. Picture taken June 23. REUTERS/Mohammed Dabbous (QATAR - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3VSK2](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/12/RTR3VSK2.jpg/RTR3VSK2.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=hAF7684E)
Tulin Daloglu has written extensively for various Turkish and American publications, including The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, The Middle East Times, Foreign Policy, The Daily Star (Lebanon) and the SAIS Turkey Analyst Report.
![Chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars Youssef al-Qaradawi speaks during a news conference in Doha June 23, 2014. The influential Sunni Muslim cleric said on Monday that only dialogue could solve Iraq's crisis, sounding a conciliatory note on the threat posed by Sunni Islamist insurgents that could further polarise the Middle East along sectarian lines. Picture taken June 23. REUTERS/Mohammed Dabbous (QATAR - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3VSK2](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/12/RTR3VSK2.jpg/RTR3VSK2.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=hAF7684E)
![People walk past the Ottoman-era Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul November 28, 2014. Pope Francis begins a visit to Turkey on Friday with the delicate mission of strengthening ties with Muslim leaders while condemning violence against Christians and other minorities in the Middle East. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY - Tags: RELIGION) - RTR4FZ43](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/12/RTR4FZ43.jpg/RTR4FZ43.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=Em3QN4Us)
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![(L-R) Turkey's European Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis, Interior Minister Muammer Guler, Environment and City Planning Minister Erdogan Bayraktar and Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan wait for the arrival of the prime minister at Esenboga Airport in Ankara December 24, 2013. Turkish ministers Caglayan and Guler resigned on Wednesday after their sons were arrested in a corruption investigation that has pitted the government against the judiciary and rattled foreign investors. Guler and Caglayan each had a son a](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/12/RTX16TMN.jpg/RTX16TMN.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=ftwlnkA2)
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![Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the media during a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Ankara December 1, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR4GAVY](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/12/RTR4GAVY.jpg/RTR4GAVY.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=uOCcLzNH)
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![Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan throws flowers to his supporters upon arriving at the Extraordinary Congress of the ruling AK Party (AKP) to choose a new leader of the party, ahead of Erdogan's inauguration as president, in Ankara August 27, 2014. Turkish president-elect Erdogan said on Wednesday he would ask incoming prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu to form a new government on Thursday, and a new cabinet of ministers would be announced the following day. REUTERS/Rasit Aydogan/Pool (TURKEY - Tags: P](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/11/RTR43XNG.jpg/RTR43XNG.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=y4eW4uet)
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![Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (R), Speaker of the Turkish parliament Cemil Cicek and Chief of Staff General Necdet Ozel (L) attend a ceremony at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, marking the anniversary of his death, in Ankara November 10, 2014. Thousands of Turks visited Ataturk's mausoleum on his 76th death anniversary. Ataturk, the first president of Turkey from 1923 and founder of the modern secular state, died on November 10, 1938. He was 57. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVE](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/11/RTR4DJAC.jpg/RTR4DJAC.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=ggypn7kf)
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![U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Ross prepares to leave from the port in Istanbul November 13, 2014. A group of Turkish ultra-nationalists attacked three U.S. sailors on a crowded street in Istanbul on Wednesday, shouting "Yankee go home" and trying to pull hoods over their heads in an assault condemned by the United States. The attackers' actions were an apparent reference to an incident in Iraq in July 2003, when U.S. forces detained a Turkish special forces unit, leading its members away for interr](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/11/RTR4DYX2.jpg/RTR4DYX2.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=wlGxfKPH)
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![Kurdish civilians march by the Turkish-Syrian border village of Caycara to protest against Islamic State, during a rally in solidarity with the people of the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani, November 1, 2014.REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (TURKEY - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT) - RTR4CFSC](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/11/RTR4CFSC.jpg/RTR4CFSC.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=-08Ocv3x)
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![Villagers drive a tractor carrying olive tree branches near the border city of Kilis in Gaziantep province April 21, 2012. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: SOCIETY TRANSPORT) - RTR310YB](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/11/RTR310YB.jpg/RTR310YB.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=o73wg0Rg)
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![Palestinians clean the Al Aqsa mosque after clashes with Israeli police on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City November 5, 2014. Israeli security forces hurling stun grenades clashed with Palestinian stone-throwers at al-Aqsa mosque - a confrontation that has played out frequently over the past several weeks. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION) - RTR4CY3R](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/11/RTR4CY3R.jpg/RTR4CY3R.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=0DzO-yGH)
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![Members of parliament from Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) walk out during the inauguration ceremony of new President Tayyip Erdogan (not pictured) at the parliament in Ankara August 28, 2014. Erdogan was sworn in as Turkey's 12th president on Thursday, cementing his position as its most powerful leader of recent times, in what his opponents fear heralds an increasingly authoritarian rule. Reading the oath of office in a ceremony in parliament, Erdogan vowed to protect Turkey's inde](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/11/RTR443GB.jpg/RTR443GB.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=6fxyjB1n)
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![Supporters of Turkish classical pianist Fazil Say demonstrate in front of the court house in Istanbul October 18, 2012. Internationally acclaimed Turkish classical pianist Fazil Say goes on trial on charges of insulting Muslim religious values in comments posted on Twitter. REUTERS/Burak Akbulut/Anadolu Agency (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/10/RTR39A0K.jpg/RTR39A0K.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=V8smbPku)
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