(Al Jazeera English: 0530 PST, February 8 2011) This report from Al Jazeera English looks to Turkey as a possible model for new governments in the Middle East. Turkey has been praised for its balance of democracy, modernity, secularism and religion.

(Al Jazeera English, 0400 PST, February 1, 2011) Recep Erdoğan, the Turkish prime minister, has called on Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's president, to listen to the calls for change from Egyptian people. Al Jazeera's Anita McNaught in Istanbul speaks about the Turkish PM's forceful remarks.

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Istanbul's Sulukule, the world's oldest Gypsy settlement, known for its music & dance clubs, is being demolished by developers to make way for gentrification. If you have ever been entranced by the sound of Turkish Roma clarinet, read this and weep.

Good-bye, Gypsies: The Loss of 1,000 Years