The situation is still in flux in Turkey, but Erdogan’s plane has landed in Istanbul, where he is reportedly addressing a huge crowd. Even if his regime survives this coup attempt, free people may hope that the supporters of secularism in Turkey will not be entirely silenced, shunted aside and persecuted by the pro-Sharia Islamic […]
Turkish coup attempt reportedly fails, Obama backs Erdogan, Erdogan vows arrests
The International Spectator is reporting now that the coup attempt has failed: Whether it has or not, Obama has backed Erdogan, and thus the continuing Islamization of formerly secular Turkey: “Live Now: Turkish Army Attempts to Seize Control of Country,” Bloomberg, July 15, 2016: …Here’s an excerpt from the White House release on the call […]
Ousted by coup, Turkish President Erdogan becomes first Muslim refugee Germany won’t take
Good to see that even under the disastrous Angela Merkel, Germany has some standards. The neo-Ottoman caliph and dismantler of Turkish secularism was too much even for the Germans. “Turkish president’s plane trying to land in Germany: Request denied!,” eTN Global Travel Industry News, July 15, 2016 (thanks to Paul): According to unconfirmed MSNBC reports, […]
Military claims control after coup in Turkey, Erdogan government vows resistance
UPDATE: The military is claiming control, but “Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said his government is still in control and will resist.” — Since the advent of Kemalist secularism in the 1920s, the military has been its guardian. If the military now is trying to forestall Erdogan’s neo-Ottoman plans to restore Islamic rule in Turkey, then […]
Istanbul jihad massacre suspect shy student who “turned to Islam”
One might almost get the idea that Islam had something to do with jihad terror, if we didn’t have John Kerry and Theresa May and so many other learned imams to assure us otherwise. “Russian suspect in Istanbul attack: a shy student who found religion,” by Maria Tsvetkova, Reuters, July 12, 2016 (thanks to The […]
First call to Islamic prayer inside Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia in 85 years
The Orthodox Church has protested, but the Turks know that there is nothing whatsoever that they can do that would lose them the favor of the European Union. They know they have nothing to lose, and that Islamization is the wave of the future in Europe and the West in general. The Orthodox protests are […]
Death toll in Istanbul jihad massacre now nearing 50, the Islamic State “is behind the attack”
Ramadan in Istanbul. “Nearly 50 dead, more than 100 reported injured in terror attack at Istanbul airport,” FoxNews.com, June 28, 2016 (thanks to Kenneth): BREAKING: Close to 50 people were killed and over 100 more were injured when three suicide bombers attacked Istanbul’s main international airport Tuesday night, a senior official said. The Associated Press, […]
Assyrians file suit against Turkish-Kuwaiti bank for funding jihad terrorism
An Assyrian group that fled the war in Syria has filed a lawsuit in North Carolina against the Turkish-Kuwaiti Bank for funding jihad terrorism. The terrorism fundraising campaigns by the bank (and its parent financial institutions) were allegedly organized under the pretext of funding humanitarian aid, and the article below points out that “the Turkish […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: The Ethnic Turks of Germany, Or “We Didn’t Expect That”
The Turks were the first large group of Muslims to move into Western Europe, beginning in the early 1960s, when Turkish men were brought to Germany as Gastarbeiter (“Guest Workers”) at the time of Germany’s boom or “economic miracle.” Later, the Germans decided that because of social problems with those guest workers (single males behaving […]
Muslims violently assault Radiohead listening party in Istanbul
“Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam. […]