Turkey is a major Muslim Brotherhood backer, and Hamas is a Brotherhood offshoot, so of course Turkey does not support disarming Hamas. The outrageous idea that Turkey has put forth for the international stabilization force in Gaza to separate Israeli troops and Hamas implies that both Israel and Hamas are equally culpable. It is Hamas […]
Pope Leo Praises Turkey for Its Religious Tolerance
Pope Leo is fresh from visiting Turkey, where he praised the country for its religious tolerance. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople could in private have told him hair-raising stories about that “tolerance,” including the forced closure of the last Orthodox seminary in the country and the refusal of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to allow […]
Erdogan Praises Pope for His Stance on ‘Palestinians’
Oh, dear. If Recep Tayyip Erdogan praises Pope Leo XIV’s “stance on the Palestinians,” that must mean the pope has adopted a position that the Turkish leader favors. That means forgetting about the 3500-year connection of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel, ignoring the terms of the Mandate for Palestine and the territory […]
Hamas-Linked CAIR’s Election Arm Has Account Run Out of Turkey
Foreign election interference. X (formerly Twitter) recently turned on a feature showing where accounts originated from. Suddenly a whole lot of accounts pretending to be MAGA or American were suddenly outed as foreign influence operations. But what was more relevant outside the social media echo chamber was the foreign status of organizational accounts. The top […]
Erdogan The Magnificent?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan poses a threat to Israel, and not to Israel only: “A war between Israel and Turkey?,” by Joseph Puder, American Thinker, November 15, 2025: Erdoğan’s Turkey poses a major threat to Israel, far more of a threat than the Islamic Republic of Iran. The existential threat to Israel from Iran is primarily […]
It’s Unclear How Reckless Erdogan Will Be
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, is an Islamist and a megalomaniac. He lives in a presidential palace that he had built for himself; the Ak Saray, or White Palace, has 1,150 rooms. Erdogan has declared that a war between the countries of the Crescent and the Cross may be in the offing, leaving […]
Turkey Hosts Meeting of Leading Islamic Foreign Ministers to Discuss Future of Gaza
The Palestinian cause is the central cause of the Muslim ummah, so expect plenty of sparks to fly once the war ends completely and the future of Gaza is being considered in earnest. The question of who governs Gaza must include considerations of Israel’s security and survival. The ongoing debate, which includes discussion of a […]
US to Ally with ‘Moderate’ ISIS to Fight ‘Extremist’ ISIS
We have to ally with moderate Islamic jihadists to stop immoderate Islamic jihadists. Yesterday’s satire is today’s headline. I used to make jokes about allying with moderate Al Qaeda to fight extremist Al Qaeda. Now it’s literally happening. Tom Barrack, Turkey’s envoy to America, who misleadingly functions as America’s envoy to Turkey and its occupied […]
Erdogan Prays That ‘Zionist Israel’ Be ‘Destroyed and Devastated’
Israel’s Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli has just condemned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday (October 29), noting that on March 30, 2025, Erdogan asked that “Zionist Israel” be “destroyed and devastated,” and he accused the Turkish leader of consistently seeking to undermine the Jewish people’s historic bond to Jerusalem. More […]
Iran and Turkey discuss military cooperation, signal intent to build a stronger regional ‘security’ partnership
Turkey is a member of NATO; its NATO membership serves the interests of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he pursues his expressed vision of a revived Ottoman Empire with himself as caliph, particularly now that the EU and America are arming him. Years ago, Erdogan declared that NATO members weren’t “strong enough” and did […]