Turkey is a dangerous Islamic supremacist state under its President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has expansionary goals of a revived Ottoman Empire with himself as caliph. And he’s getting closer.
Now Erdogan is threatening Israel over Syria: “Israel rebuffs ‘imperialist’ Turkey after Erdogan says it must withdraw from Syria,” by Amy Spiro, Times of Israel, January 15, 2025:
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Israel must withdraw its forces from Syria or it will cause “unfavorable outcomes for everyone.”
“The aggressive actions of the forces attacking Syrian territory, Israel, in particular, must come to an end as soon as possible,” he said during a meeting of his party in Ankara.
“Everyone should take their hands off Syria and we, along with our Syrian brothers, will crush the heads of Islamic State, the YPG and other terrorist organizations in a short time.”….
To which the Israeli Foreign Ministry rightly responded:
The aggressive imperialist actor in Syria (as well as in northern Cyprus, Libya, and other areas in the Middle East) is Turkey itself, and it is advisable for the Turkish president to avoid unnecessary threats. The State of Israel will continue to act to protect its borders from any threat.
The West needs to wake up to see the full threat that Turkey poses to Western interests. Erdogan has has practically declared Syria to be Turkish territory, with the new jihadist thugs now ruling as his proxies. Turkey’s Syrian “brothers” are the new al-Qaeda-linked jihadists under Syrian leader Abu Mohammad al-Julani, who now goes by the name Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa. Al-Sharaa was leader of the Syrian opposition, the Salafist Al-Nusra Front, a.k.a. the Front for the Conquest of the Levant. Its goal was conquest: to overthrow Al-Assad and establish an Islamic state governed by Sharia law. He became leader of the offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
A little background about HTS will demonstrate how grim the Turkish-Syrian alliance is for the West, and how the HTS is aligned with Erdogan’s grandiose visions: Abu Jaber Shaykh preceded Ahmed al-Sharaa. He was a Syrian rebel commander and senior leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). He stated the purpose for which HTS was formed: “to safeguard the gains of the revolution and the land that was liberated with the blood of thousands of martyrs.” He also declared HTS to be the merger of all opposition factions; all others were “dissolved and disintegrated.” His declaration was intended “to distance HTS from the legacy of al Qaeda’s official arm,” which he and others (including Ahmed al-Sharaa) now argue “no longer exists.” Abu Jaber ushered in a unified “blessed revolution” to topple Assad’s regime, and stated that his “brothers” in HTS were at “the forefront of the Syrian jihad.” He warned “all Sunnis in Syria of the dire circumstances they would face should the war be lost.”
Erdogan likewise calls the new Syrian leadership his “brothers.” Erdogan also endorsed the Taliban, and stated that “Turkey has nothing that contradicts their beliefs.” Last month, the Taliban congratulated the Syrian jihadist rebels, and expressed the hope that “the power transition in Syria would lead to the establishment of a government aligned with ‘the aspirations of the people and Islamic values.’”
Turkish ambitions for regional hegemony are advancing quickly. The worst thing the West can do would be to normalize relations with Syria and fund it under the pretense of humanitarian aid, since the money will certainly end up in the coffers of the HTS, just as it did the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Another significant player affected by the Turkish-Syrian accord is the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which played a vital role as an American ally in Syria during the military campaign against the Islamic State. The SDF has also successfully targeted Islamic State sleeper cells that are “scattered across the country’s east.” But Turkey views the Kurds, who seek an independent state, as mortal enemies. And thus Ankara sees the SDF as an affiliate of its enemy. the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Turkey has thousands of its troops in northern Syria and backs its proxy forces there. Since the fall of Assad, fighting has intensified between the SDF and the Turkish backed Syrian National Forces (SNF) “over control of the Tishrin water dam on the Euphrates River. The SNA aims to expand its territory in SDF-controlled regions east of the Euphrates,” which would translate as a victory for Turkey as well.
The Kurds benefit from Western support, while their Turkish opponents (and Saudi Arabia) embrace Syria’s new jihadist leadership and are seeking to legitimize it by calling on dhimmi Western leaders to lift sanctions. Yet even French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated his support for Syria’s Kurds, and pledged “not to abandon ‘freedom fighters.’”
To support the new Syrian jihadist regime would be to betray the Kurds.
Recently, General Mazloum Abdi, the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), requested that Trump maintain the 2000 American military troops in the region, “warning that a retreat would risk a resurgence of Islamic State in the country.” Abdi also warned that ISIS have been plotting to “strike detention centres holding IS prisoners.” They hoped to “take advantage” of the fact that Kurdish forces were “’mainly having their hands full’ in defending their region from Turkey and its allied Syrian National Army (SNA).”
10,000 ISIS fighters are jailed inside Syrian detention centers, while and tens of thousands more of their jihadi family members are in displaced person camps. This potentially enormous army of jihadists is a grave threat to the region and the world.
Iran, meanwhile, has reportedly agreed to supply 1,500 suicide drones to the Kurdish YPG/PKK group in Syria, in order to “counter Turkey’s military operations.” This does not reflect on the Kurds any more than the fact that Iran offered to send firefighters to combat wildfires in Los Angeles reflects on the U.S. Iran is desperate and on the defensive, and knows what a Trump administration means for it: crippling sanctions.
The only positive here is the Shia and Sunni sectarian divide, which leads jihadists to kill jihadists and stymie each others’ goals.
The situation in Syria is grave: Turkey and Saudi Arabia want the West to accept the new al-Qaeda linked jihadist Syrian leader Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa as legitimate, when in reality, he’s a dangerous, lying jihadist whose polished Western demeanor is no more than a scheme. Turkey wants to wipe out the SDF and the Kurdish desire for an independent state, while it also wants Israel out of Syria. Turkey is a NATO member which urgently deserves to be expelled. If that is not legally possible, then NATO should be dissolved and reestablished under a new alliance minus Turkey.
It’s critical that Turkey, which every day shows itself more clearly to be an inveterate foe of Israel and the West, be stymied in its efforts to use Syria to expand its Islamic imperialist ambitions. It has become more menacing and emboldened since the fall of Assad, as that outcome was devised by Turkey, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), and the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Memo to Erdogan: You First!
Tony says
Turkey, Iran, and the 50+ Islamic Countries are Muslim Terrorist States against ALL Non-Muslims as taught in Islam’s Quran. Similarly, Islam is a MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. Specifically, Islam is a Muslim Terrorist Ideology and Criminal Organization of discrimination, segregation, supremacy, genocide, polygamy, deceit, hatred, incitement, sedition, rape, terrorism, and violence against all Non-Muslims as taught in the Quran. Basically, Islam is a Terrorist Criminal Enterprise. Thus, the Truth about Islam and its terrorism, its WAR, its discrimination, and its violence against all Non-Muslims must be taught and broadcast to the general public. Furthermore, there is NO EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW in Islam or in Islamic Law.
Non-Muslims CANNOT have peace with Islam and its Muslims because Islam and its murderous god, Allah, demand a continuous, Muslim war against unbelievers where Non-Muslims are CRIMINALS under Islam as Allah in Qur’an 8:39 says, “And engage in war with them[Non-Muslims] until there will not be sedition and the religion will be completely to Allah…” HENCE, NON-MUSLIMS MUST MAKE ISLAM, ITS MOSQUES, ITS SCHOOLS, ITS ORGANIZATIONS, ETC. ILLEGAL UNDER THE LAW. Similarly, Islam and its many Organizations must be identified and declared to be a MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANIZATION for their funding, teaching, and support of terrorism, violence, and discrimination against Non-Muslims.
Allah in Islam demands SURRENDER which means ‘to Surrender, whether voluntarily or not, by becoming a Muslim’ while Submission, ‘to Submit’, is a voluntary act to follow the authority or control of another. Allah in Quran 49:14 says, “’The Bedouins said, ‘We believed.’ Say,’You did not believe. But say, ‘We surrender (became Muslim as a result of fear).’ And the faith has not entered your hearts. And if you obey Allah and his messenger, he will not decrease anything from your works. Surely Allah is forgiving, merciful.’”
Islam promotes a terroristic, Muslim war against unbelievers when Allah in Qur’an 49:15 says, “Surely the believers are only those who believed in Allah and his messenger. They do not doubt, and they performed JIHAD with THEIR MONEY AND THEIR LIVES for the sake of Allah. Those are the truthful.”
Allah promises Heavenly Paradise to Muslims for acts of killing when Quran 9:111 says, “Surely Allah has purchased from the believers[Muslims] their souls and their money so that they may have the garden[Heavenly Paradise]. They engage in war for the sake of Allah, so they kill and are killed…”
somehistory says
The dictator terrorist threatens Israel, and promises to rid the land of **his** rivals, the other terrorists.
The new *leader* of Syria, the terrorist formerly of al queda and on a wanted poster printed by the U.S., better watch his back. The dictator of Turkey wants all of his rivals eating dirt.
erdogan wants to be top terrorist.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Somehow, I’m less repulsed by the new Syrian jihadist leadership than I am by Erdogan
somehistory says
Somehow, I am also. But they are all people who want the rest of us dead.
gravenimage says
They are of a piece.
Peacelover says
‘The West needs to wake up’….I don’t think our/a country as a whole will unless directly attacked although so much of the U.S. seemed to forget seemingly soon after 9/11 and of course,excuses and lies then made. I still can’t believe what Bush said way back now….. ‘….is peace’.
Hank says
” I still can’t believe what Bush said way back now”
It’s called living in a bubble
gravenimage says
A lot of people in that bubble to this day, I’m afraid.
Peacelover says
sadly have to agree gravenimage and Hank,it’s unfortunate,particularly thinking about the future of our society
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Somehow, if the US – heavens forbid – endured another 9/11 like attack in the homeland, I doubt that President Trump will react like Bush did then
gravenimage says
I hope not–but he is sadly pretty clueless about Islam himself.
Leonidas says
Islamist Erdogan must be defeated.
Islam ( submission)will collapse ,like USSR in 1989,if we DENOUNCE pseudo prophet MUHAMMAD,who according to his biography( Sira) and traditions( Hadith) was a pedophile( wife Aisha was 9 yo), rapist, murderer, bandit (keeping20% of the booty for himself),liar and sex-slave trader and also LIBERATE THE MUSLIM WONEN from barbaric Sharia Law.The Koran states women are dumb, less intelligent than men,wives must be beaten for disobedience by their hudbands ,all women will go to hell unless in the last day their husband says he was pleased with her and all women must hide their curves and wear burkas ,so that men will not be aroused to rape them.Islam is a misogynistic ,violent , imperialist political ideology of Arab supremacy ISLAMOFASCISM(~70%), DISGUISED AS A RELIGION(~ 30%) that strives through violent Jihad and soft cultural Jihad ( dawa)to subjugate the World.Jihadists are promised, if killed battling infidels-kafirs,) they will go to Paradise to enjoy 72 virgins ,taking along 70 of their relatives regardless of their sins!Muslim Immigration is Hijra( flight)to take over the country they settle in ,like Muhammad did to Yatrib-Medina.This, along with forced child marriages and four wives per man ( Bin Laden had 52 siblings and 16 children),the muslims will soon outnumber the local populations and will impose Sharia law .Withdraw from UN MIGRANT COMPACT ,that falsely claims immigration is a Human Right expecting Western countries to accept and provide for an endless number of muslim illegal immigrants ,thus islamizing them. Muslim “refugees “should stay in Turkey or vast rich Saudi Arabia with international support ,until they can return to their countries.We must denounce islamic Sharia (=way)law of blasphemer,apostate ,homosexual , adulterer and hypocrite executions,misogyny,honor killings by stoning,hand amputations for theft,child brides,girls exclusion from schools,halal meat from tortured animals,clitorectomies,subjugation and segregation of women,burkas and Sharia banning of short skirts,bikinis,dancing,singing,painting ,sculptures of people,dogs,pork,alcohol and beauty contests .Demand gender equality for ALL muslim women.Punish severely those that kill apostates from Islam,blasphemers,adulterers or muslim hypocrites.Islam is incompatible with our freedom of speech, gender equality, values,way of life, Human Rights, Constitution, Republic and population stability needed to sustain Life on Earth.Tolerating intolerant Islam is cultural suicide!For more info on Islam go to YOU TUBE for: ApostateProphet,Exmuslims,David Wood,Ayan Hirsi Ali,BrigitteGabriel,BillWarner,Politicalislam.org,PamelaGeller,Jihadwatch,Nonie Darwish , Wafa Sultan,Richard Dawkins on Islam,Ani Cyrus , Geert Wilder,obsession – what the West needs to know.Also Google: Wikiislam, The religion of peace,barenakedislam, MEMRI etc.Watch the deposition of Ayan Hirsi Ali in Congress on how to defeat Islam:https://www.hoover.org/research/challenge-dawa-political-islam-ideology-and-movement-and-how-counter-it
Hank says
“Withdraw from UN MIGRANT COMPACT ,that falsely claims immigration is a Human Right expecting Western countries to accept and provide for an endless number of muslim illegal immigrants ,thus islamizing them”
Can’t explain that to the political elites and the sheeple that vote for them.
abu taleb says
“Everyone should take their hands off Syria and we, along with our Syrian brothers, will crush the heads of Islamic State, the YPG and other terrorist organizations in a short time.”….
Every one except Turkey itself. A very typical Muhammadism.
Jason Lally says
Hes a joke. Europe should invade Turkey and destroy every single part of Islam in that country. Since that filth invaded.
gravenimage says
Erdogan demands that Israel withdraw from Syria and ‘everyone take their hands off Syria’
…………………………………………
Except for Erdogan himself, of course. Given the fact that most of the rebels–save the Kurds–had the backing of Turkey.