Turkey has been challenging Greece’s sovereignty for some time; in fact, bullying Greece with provocative statements and threats of war. The worst news now is that Çavuşoğlu is going to the UN, which has become a lackey of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Turkey wants to see Greek demilitarization, which would enable it to invade […]
Turkey’s parliament speaker: West ‘patron of international terrorism,’ ‘impossible’ for Muslims to be terrorists
Turkey’s Erdogan has made no secret of his ambitions to revive a new Ottoman Empire, and brazenly supports the Taliban. He declared: “As the Taliban held some talks with the US, it should hold these talks with Turkey much more comfortably. Because Turkey has nothing that contradicts their beliefs.” Yet despite all, Turkey continues to […]
Turkey: Government tries to end its economic crisis by putting two churches put up for sale
“If a mosque were put up for sale anywhere in the world, the whole of Turkey would probably revolt.” There it is. “Several Christian churches put up for sale in Turkey,” Union of Orthodox Journalists, December 7, 2021: There are two Christian churches for sale in Turkey, reports the Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung. Presumably, the […]
Turkey: One in three women has been a victim of domestic violence
Why is this happening? The Qur’an teaches that men are superior to women and should beat those from whom they “fear disobedience”: “Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts […]
UK taxpayers to back solar project in Turkey up to $291,000,000
“Fight against those do not believe in Allah or the last day, and do not forbid what Allah and his messenger have forbidden, and do not follow the religion of truth, even if they are among the people of the book, until they pay the jizya with willing submission and feel themselves subdued.” (Qur’an 9:29) […]
Turkey: No Budget from Government for Schools Run by Armenians, Jews and Greeks
The 22 remaining schools run by minority communities of Armenians, Jews and Greeks in Turkey are suffering – both financially and due to the declining number of students. Garo Paylan, an Armenian MP of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), came up with a policy idea at Turkey’s parliament to help the minority schools […]
Turkey: Israeli Couple Held for ‘Espionage’ for Photographing Erdogan’s Palace
Just like the Roman rulers who offered their people panem et circenses, “bread and circuses” — food and gladiators — to keep their minds occupied on things other than political and economic conditions, Recep Tayyip Erdogan likes to create trumped-up mini-crises to keep the Turkish people focusing on them rather than on their political […]
Spain: 12 Air Arabia passengers vanish during emergency landing after suspicious Facebook ad
A Turkish-bound Air Arabia flight made an emergency landing in Mallorca, one of Spain’s Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean. It’s a popular holiday resort. By all indications, the landing was staged. No one knows the level of security risk or the background of those who have vanished into Spain. What is well known is that […]
Remembering Bahriye Üçok, Murdered for Opposing Hijab, As Council of Europe Promotes Hijab
The hijab debate is once again on in Europe. “The Council of Europe has withdrawn images from a social media campaign promoting diversity among women and their freedom to wear the hijab,” Euronews reported on November 3: The Council of Europe says the “Freedom in the hijab” project aimed to celebrate Europe’s diversity and […]
Turkey: Man fined for calling Erdoğan ‘a Jew pretending to be a Muslim’
In Turkey, it’s “belittling” to describe Erdogan as a Jew. The Jews in the Qur’an are called the strongest of all people in enmity toward the Muslims (5:82); they fabricate things and falsely ascribe them to Allah (2:79; 3:75, 3:181); they claim that Allah’s power is limited (5:64); they love to listen to lies (5:41); […]