Nowadays Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan frequently invokes and glorifies Turkey’s Ottoman past, reinforcing the impression that many hold, that he is intent on restoring the caliphate in Istanbul and maybe even declare himself caliph. When thousands of Muslims gather to pray at the Hagia Sophia, they are essentially demanding that it be designated a […]
Turkey: Those calling for Qur’an reform “worship bigotry and violence,” are the “same as ISIS”
Al-Azhar didn’t react positively, either. Yet neither Al-Azhar nor Turkey’s EU Affairs Minister Ömer Çelik acknowledged that anything in the Qur’an could be used to incite Muslims to violence, and that is the core of the problem. Pretending it doesn’t exist won’t make it go away, or obviate any need to deal with it. “Turkey […]
Turkey bans Armenian Genocide commemoration in Istanbul, arrests three participants
As I show in my new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS (click here to preorder), the Armenian Genocide was abundantly documented at the time. Over a million and a half Armenians were killed. But the Turkish government has never admitted its role in the genocide, instead following the characteristic Islamic supremacist […]
Turkey’s Erdogan blames Greek army for the Turkish burning of Smyrna in 1922
In reality, the Turks burned the Christian quarters of Smyrna as part of their efforts to eradicate the Christian presence in Asia Minor. Ernst Otto Jacob, the General Secretary to the Smyrna Y.M.C.A said in late 1922: The Turkish policy of the elimination of the Christian minorities in Asia Minor has been determinedly carried into […]
Greece “overwhelmed” as Muslim migrants surge across Turkish border, situation “on verge of spinning out of control”
Greece is being “overwhelmed” by illegal migrants surging across its land border with Turkey, with a local mayor warning the situation is “on the verge of spinning out of control”. Europeans should expect more crises due to the recklessness of European leaders that led to this new wave of illegal migration. There is inevitably more […]
Turkish report claims “Islamophobia is an undeniable fact in Europe,” condemns “far-right parties”
The Turkey-based Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) “has released its annual report on Islamophobia, covering more than 30 countries and giving several statistics and findings, the most important of which concerns Islamophobia.” SETA is known to be a supporter of Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AKP Party. It also has offices in Washington, D.C. […]
Austrian PM threatens to close one of Vienna’s largest mosques after it has children dress up as Turkish soldiers
Austrian Prime Minister Sebastian Kurz, who is known for his Islamophobic and anti-Turkey stance, threatened to shut down one of the biggest mosques in Vienna and urged municipal authorities to be stricter regarding state subsidies for the organizations belonging to Muslim minorities. Kurz is not “Islamophobic.” Nor is he “anti-Turkey” for no apparent reason. These […]
Turkish fighter jets repeatedly harass helicopter carrying Greek Prime Minister and Armed Forces Chief
Increasingly preoccupied as he is with his dream of restoring the Ottoman caliphate, Erdogan recently said: “We say at every opportunity we have that Syria, Iraq and other places in the geography [map] in our hearts are no different from our own homeland. We are struggling so that a foreign flag will not be waved […]
Germany’s EU minister: “Do not slam the door shut” to Turkey joining the European Union
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a brazen jihadist who has wrongly accused Europe of sparking a “clash between the cross and the crescent.” He has also called for an “army of Islam” to attack and destroy Israel, and aims to re-establish the Ottoman Empire. Erdogan is a regional despot, bent on expansion and conquest and has […]
Erdogan lashes out at the West for stoking anti-Islam sentiment in its bid “to impose its own ideology and lifestyle”
The World Muslim Minorities Summit “aims to boost ties between Turkey and Muslim minorities under the motto ‘The Believers are but a single Brotherhood.’ In an opening speech, Erdoğan lashed out at the West for stoking anti-Islam sentiment in its bid ‘to impose its own ideology and lifestyle.’” This is the simple but powerful tactic […]