Last year, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for the creation of an “Army of Islam” to attack Israel from all sides, in order to destroy it. That was shocking, but not surprising, for Erdogan has long been outspoken in his hostility to the Jewish state. Before Erdogan, relations between Turkey and Israel had long been […]
Turkey: Muslim cleric who incited Muslim to murder Russian ambassador still preaching, with protection from Erdogan
Not a friend. Not an ally. Turkey should be expelled from NATO immediately. “Vahdet group’s jihadist cleric continues to radicalize many in Turkey,” by Abdullah Bozkurt, Nordic Monitor, March 3, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): A radical imam whose teachings have influenced many jihadists including the killer of the Russian ambassador to Turkey […]
Turkey: Columnist says that Erdogan has earned the title of caliph
Erdogan’s desire to restore the Ottoman caliphate has long been clear, and now it is becoming increasingly open. This is why he never strongly opposed the Islamic State: he had hoped to incorporate its caliphate into his own. The Islamic State caliphate is gone, but Erdogan’s caliphate dreams are undimmed. “Caliphate is Erdoğan’s, Islamist columnist […]
Germany deports jihad terrorist to Turkey, refuses US request to extradite him to US
Merkel’s Germany has a new and massive Muslim population; Merkel is clearly much more interested in keeping that population happy than in honoring Germany’s alliance with the United States. “Germany: No Choice But to Reject Terrorist Extradition to US,” Associated Press, February 7, 2019: BERLIN — An American request for the extradition of a Turkish […]
Turkish computer game incites Jerusalem Muslims to wage jihad and “liberate” Temple Mount
A new computer game, “Mosque Guards,” is “being distributed in eastern Jerusalem that is suitable for smartphones and the home computer.” The game was developed by “a Turkish society called ‘Reading Time.’” It’s no surprise that Turkish developers are behind it. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a fervent supporter of the Palestinian jihad. He called […]
Turkey: Politician calls for expulsion of Armenians as revenge for French recognition of Armenian genocide
Mustafa Destici, the head of Turkey’s Great Unity Party, “wants his government to expel tens of thousands of Armenian nationals residing in Turkey in retaliation against France for declaring a remembrance day for victims of the World War I-era genocide of Armenians.” Note: the term “right wing” is used in this story to describe Destici’s […]
Turkey: Erdogan accuses West of “arming terrorists and killers who target Muslims around the world”
“President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has accused Turkey’s western allies of arming terrorists and killers who target Muslims around the world.” Erdogan is a master propagandist. It’s the other way around. Muslims are persecuting Christians worldwide, targeting Jews in the State of Israel and in Europe, targeting Hindus in India, Yazidis in Iraq, and Muslims they […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Why Turkey Should Be Expelled From NATO (Reason #877)
Let’s recapitulate: Erdogan has repeatedly attacked the Kurds in Syria, who have been our closest allies against ISIS. He has carried on a campaign of vilification against the United States for refusing to hand over Fethulleh Gulen to Erdogan’s “justice.” He has drawn closer to Putin and to Russia, and gone ahead with his pledge […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Why Turkey Should Be Expelled From NATO (Reason #876)
Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced in mid-December that a new Turkish offensive in northern Syria would target Kurdish forces, in order to push them back from the Syrian-Turkish border. This was not a surprise. For years, Erdogan has shown more interest in fighting the Kurds in Syria than in fighting ISIS. In fact, in fighting the […]
Turkey vows to “fight terrorism until the end”
“Turkish national defense minister on Saturday reiterated that Turkey continues its fight against terrorism.” By this, he does not mean Islamic jihad; he means those groups and people that Turkey deems to be “terrorist,” such as Israel, evangelical Christians, Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, and the Kurdish People’s Protection Units. Unfortunately, many Western counterterror analysts will […]