Well, of course. I’ve been warning about Erdogan’s neo-Ottoman aspirations for years. In February 2018, he declared his desire to reconquer the lands the Ottoman caliphate once ruled: “Those who think that we have erased from our hearts the lands from which we withdrew in tears a hundred years ago are wrong. We say at every […]
Biden tells Turkey to allow Sweden into NATO if it wants US F-16’s
As America attempts a quid pro quo with Turkey despite its demands (it wants fighter jets as a reward for allowing Sweden to join NATO), another question is whether America should be selling fighter jets to Turkey at all, considering how they may be utilized by Turkey’s hostile President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Reuters reports: U.S. […]
Biden’s Handlers Think They Have a NATO Ally in Erdogan. But Erdogan Has Other Ideas.
New in PJ Media: Old Joe Biden’s congratulatory message to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan upon his highly questionable (hey, what election isn’t these days?) reelection was boilerplate from whoever writes his tweets, but nevertheless, it revealed yet again the growing gap between the world views of the two men. That gap has serious geopolitical implications that go […]
Austria: Thousands of Muslims scream ‘Allahu akbar’ and celebrate Erdogan’s victory
“This is not a parallel society, but a counter-society. These people reject us and actively want nothing to do with Austria,” said Vienna’s FPÖ leader Dominik Nepp. Not quite, Nepp. They do want one thing regarding Austria: they want to conquer it. And their conquest is well underway, with no significant resistance. “Thousands of calls […]
Turkey: Erdogan supporters celebrate his victory by screaming ‘Allahu akbar’ inside Hagia Sophia
“Allahu akbar” does not mean “God is great,” as the Western establishment media routinely claims, but rather, “Allah is greater,” that is, greater than your god. It is a declaration of supremacy with immense implications for today’s geopolitical situation, given Erdogan’s Ottoman revanchism. This is the historic Greek church (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople which Erdogan […]
Erdogan’s daughter: ‘The crescent will win over Cross of the West’
The crescent may win in the West, but if it does, it will not be a victory over the cross, which the West has long since abandoned. “Erdoğan’s daughter takes aim at Christianity: ‘The crescent will win over Cross of the West,’” Greek City Times, May 15, 2023: The daughter of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Esra, […]
Russia, Turkey, Iran, Syria form committee to normalize Syria-Turkey relations, negotiated by Russia
Only two months after Shi’ite Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia resumed ties in a China-brokered deal comes the announcement of another brokered deal to normalize relations between Turkey and Syria. This deal is being heavily negotiated by Russia, which produced the roadmap, even though a committee is being formed among the foreign ministers of four […]
Turkey: Singer gets suspended sentence for suggesting Islamic schools are source of ‘perversion’
These schools teach the Qur’an and Sunnah. No perversion in those, right? Jihad warfare, child marriage, the beating of women, the sex slavery of infidel women — perversion? Come on, man! Don’t be “Islamophobic.” “Turkish pop singer given suspended sentence for insulting religious school graduates,” Turkish Minute, May 3, 2023: A Turkish court has handed […]
Turkey: Erdogan lifts life sentence of Hizballah top dog
“The sentence of Mehmet Emin Alpsoy, who was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment for being the head of the Hezbollah Terrorist Organization, was lifted by President Erdoğan on the grounds of his old age.” “For Turkey has nothing that contradicts their [the Taliban’s] faith.” — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Hizbullah Terör Örgütü yöneticisi olmaktan […]
Germany: Turks hang Erdogan election posters in Nuremberg streets
They’re grateful migrants who are happily assimilating and becoming Germans, right? Right? “Turkish colony Nuremberg hangs Erdogan election posters,” translated from “Türken-Kolonie Nürnberg hängt Erdogan-Wahlplakate auf,” Journalisten Watch, May 1, 2023 (thanks to Medforth): There is an election campaign in Turkey and the city of Nuremberg is supporting the Sultan of the Bosphorus with great […]