Turkey is a growing menace as it advances the cause of the global jihad — both passively and actively — yet the country remains a NATO ally. What more has to happen for Turkey to be thrown out of NATO? Turkey facilitated the rise of the Islamic State. Its President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has global […]
Arab League invites jihadist Syrian leader to Cairo for Egypt-led summit on Gaza
Under Syria’s former President Bashar al-Assad, Syria was suspended from the Arab League in 2011, but now that the al-Qaeda linked jihadist Abu Mohammad al-Julani (aka Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa) is president, Syria is now in good graces with the Arab League. Al-Sharaa was put there by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Jerusalem Center for […]
Trump administration reshapes Middle East strategy, sidelining Turkey
This is wise, in light of Saudi Arabia’s attempt to retreat from some of the harsher aspects of Wahhabi Islam, and Turkey’s Ottoman revanchism. Ultimately, however, none of these countries can be trusted to be reliable allies. In 628, according to Islamic tradition, Muhammad had a vision in which he performed the pilgrimage to Mecca […]
Former Turkish prime minister says Gaza was part of Ottoman Empire and so Gazans are Turkish citizens
This statement should be (but won’t be) a wake-up call for many other countries, including Greece, unoccupied Cyprus, and Israel, that were once part of the Ottoman Empire. If Turkey did reassert sovereignty over Gaza, it would use it as a jihad base against Israel, just as the Gazans themselves have done since the Israelis […]
Syrian Kurds to ‘lay down weapons’ when fight against the Islamic State is over
Strongman Islamic supremacist Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was foremost among those who aided in the overthrow of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad by al-Qaeda-linked leader Abu Mohammad al-Julani, who changed his name to Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa for tactical reasons. Turkey and the new Syrian jihadist leadership, Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), have been demanding “the removal […]
Greece ‘fiercely lobbying France’ to halt sale of radar-guided, air-to-air Meteor missiles to Turkey
In November 2022, I wrote this at Jihad Watch: Turkey dealing with both Russia and Ukraine, using the war as an opportunity to expand its regional influence: Turkey is expanding its influence while bullying Greece in the process, to the point of widespread fears of an outbreak of war between two NATO members. Yet no NATO member, or any […]
Turkey’s spy chief meets with Iran’s Intelligence minister and security chief to discuss Kurds and Gaza
The Kurds hope one day to establish an independent Kurdistan on land currently under the control of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. Iran and Turkey have been hostile, deeming them to be “terrorists” and aiming to crush them. According to Time Magazine, the Kurds are “the largest ethnic group in the world without their own […]
Syria’s new top dog denounces Iran, courts Turkey
NPR doesn’t say anything about it and almost certainly doesn’t know, but al-Sharaa is a Sunni jihadi, and so he doesn’t want ties with Shia Iran. He’d much rather deal with Sunni Turkey. “Syria’s new leader denounces Iran, calling its proxies a regional threat,” by Greg Myre and Jawad Rizkallah, NPR, February 4, 2025: DAMASCUS, […]
Turkey to take in 15 Palestinians as part of Israel-Hamas deal
Turkey is a major Muslim Brotherhood backer, and thus also a Hamas supporter, providing ideological and financial aid, and even passports. Qatar also supports the Muslim Brotherhood. These jihadist murderers being released from Israeli jails will be fully at home in Turkey. But it isn’t only Turkey. Hamas has said that Pakistan has also agreed […]
Turkey: Government-funded newspaper hails murder of Qur’an burner: ‘Burn in hell, Momika’
Our NATO ally doesn’t respect the freedom of expression any more than did the Biden regime. “Turkish government-funded media praises killing of Quran burner in Sweden,” Nordic Monitor, January 31, 2025 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): A man who ignited violent protests by burning a copy of the Quran in Sweden has been shot […]