The New Mediterranean Oil & Gas Bonanza: Part II
Rising Energy Tensions in the Aegean—Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria By William Engdahl The discovery in late 2010 of the huge natural gas bonanza off Israel’s Mediterranean shores triggered other...
View ArticleEmpire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- Episode 29
A Greek Tragedy for Europe Increased poverty, social unrest, talk of military coups, removal of democratic leaders, bailouts, exploitation, and detention camps. This is the new Europe, and Greece is...
View ArticleEmpire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- Episode 33
A Hope in Hell: A Look at Greece Is the world, and what’s taking place in it, purely depressing, simply bad, and totally negative? Hell no! In this episode, I look at the social devastation currently...
View ArticleThe Reality Principle -Episode 18
“Greece: The Political Economy of Depression” with Yanis Varoufakis This week, Eric closely examines the global economic crisis and, in particular, the manifestation of the Depression in Greece. Eric...
View ArticleEmpire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- Episode 75
The World is Rising After three weeks, Turkey is still experiencing massive unrest as the urban uprisings across the country progress, along with the state repression of them. As tear gas canisters...
View ArticleEmpire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- Episode 76
A Crisis of Empire At the end of World War II, the United States had half the world’s wealth with only 5% of the world’s population, and stated explicitly that its objectives in foreign policy were...
View ArticleBFP Exclusive- The Balkans Presidential December: A Test for the US-NATO Empire
Greece & Croatia: The clear presence of a political alternative to the hegemonic US-NATO Empire This month the presidential elections will take place in two Balkan countries: Croatia and Greece....
View ArticleBFP Exclusive – The Balkans Elections Update: Croatia & Greece
The genie of political anti-imperialist rebellion in Europe is out of the bottle & cannot be repressed Last month I wrote a BFP exclusive report on the upcoming presidential elections in Croatia...
View ArticleSyriza: Plunder, Pillage & Prostration
How the ‘Hard Left’ embraces the policies of the Hard Right Greece has been in the headlines of the world’s financial press for the past five months, as a newly elected leftist party, ‘Syriza’, which...
View ArticleBlue Crab Feast Among Ancient Tombs & Caretta Turtles in Dalyan, Turkey
A brief highlight from one of my coming episodes: Bridge the Gap with Sibel Edmonds, Season One. My series encompasses not only politics and philosophy, but also history, culture, food, travel, music...
View ArticleTango Fever a La Turkey: Dance- A Universal Language & A Bridge
Another highlight from my coming series: Bridge the Gap with Sibel Edmonds, Season One: Tango movement connecting people in Turkey, not only to those in Argentina, but to people in China, Ukraine,...
View ArticleA Real Turkish Meyhane Experience: Connecting with Delicious Meze, Rakı &...
Only one week to Bridge the Gap with Sibel Edmonds- Season One! And here is another highlight from one of my coming episodes: Turkish Meyhanes, similar to Greek Ouzeries and Spain’s Tapa houses, are...
View ArticleTurkey’s Kayakoy- “Levissi”- A Mysterious Ghost Town & A Sorrowful Story of...
A somber highlight from my coming series: Bridge the Gap with Sibel Edmonds, Season One: The infamous conclusion of the Greco-Turkish War in 1923. A decision, mutually made by two governments, costing...
View ArticleNewsbud Presents: Counter the Divide & Conquer: Bridge the Gap with Sibel...
My new one-of-a-kind series, Bridge the Gap with Sibel Edmonds, encompasses not only politics and philosophy, but also history, culture, dance, food, travel, music and much more. I’ll be sharing with...
View ArticleThe Aegean Pearl: Fethiye The Beautiful- No Words Needed!
Many refer to Fethiye, located on the Southern Aegean Coast, as the Aegean Pearl. A pearl of a coastal town, surrounded by majestic mountains, Fethiye is so many things to people from so many different...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Meyhane Dining: You Say Tapas, I Say Meze, They Say Dim Sum, We...
Sibel Edmonds decodes the art of meze and traditional Meyhane dining, and provides you with everything you need and want to know about Meze, Meyhane Dining, Raki, Ouzo, Turkish food and much more! Come...
View ArticleDecoding the Art of Drinking Lion’s Milk- from Raki & Ouzo to Arak!
Sibel Edmonds introduces Turkey’s National Drink-Raki (aka Lion’s Milk!), and explains its similarities to Ouzo and Arak. From the right way of preparing and drinking this potent beverage to what type...
View ArticleDo You Believe in the Power of “ONE”? If Not, Watch This Video & Join the...
Do you believe in the power of One? I do. One is a very powerful number- whether one decision made that leads to a much larger impact, or, one person joining other “ones.” That’s how real positive...
View ArticleThe Two Biggest Threats Facing the Magnificent Caretta Turtles
The amazing loggerhead (Caretta Caretta) turtles weighing from 200-400 pounds with a length of up to 4 feet are on the IUCN Red list of endangered species. The threats to these turtles include...
View ArticleFrom Quesadilla & Crepe to Gozleme: The Art of Turkish Stuffed Pastry
Sibel Edmonds introduces the art of making Turkish filled pastry- Gozleme. Mexicans with their awesome quesadilla, French with their delicately filled crepes, Arabs, Greeks and Serbs with their Boreks,...
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