Reuters reported in May about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s unprecedented crackdown on his opponents. One of those is Özgür Özel, whose power, due to his popularity, Erdogan has attempted to neutralize. “Özel said he had been forced to leave the party founded by modern Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk after a court annulled the […]
Turkey: Mayor of Istanbul seeking ‘democratic transition’ writes letter from jail warning about Erdogan
Last March, Jihad Watch reported that Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu had considerable support in his bid to challenge Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the presidency, but then he was arbitrarily detained on “corruption” suspicions — which are often conjured up against anyone who threatens Erdogan’s authority or leadership. So Imamoglu was arrested, interrogated, jailed, and […]
Turkey detains three more mayors as part of crackdown on Erdogan’s opposition
In March, Istanbul’s popular mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was officially nominated for president by the opposition CHP party for the 2028 elections, despite having been thrown in jail on trumped-up charges. Now three more mayors who represent a threat to the leadership of Islamic supremacist Erdogan have been detained. Nonetheless, Erdogan acts as though he has […]
Jailed Erdogan rival named opposition candidate for Turkey’s 2028 presidential election
The trend in Turkey has been clear. The population wants the Islamic supremacist despot, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, out. But fascists use any means, no matter how low or violent, to cling to power. Erdogan’s long-ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which rose to power in 2002, Islamized Turkey’s once-thriving secular society, corrupted elections, and seized […]
Turkey: Islamic group calls for art expo’s closure for ‘blasphemy,’ homosexual propaganda
The Leftist/Islamic alliance continues to falter. “Turkey Islamist group calls for art expo’s closure for ‘blasphemy,’ LGBTQ ‘propaganda,’” by Nazlan Ertan, Al-Monitor, June 29, 2023: IZMIR, Turkey — An art exhibition that brings together the works of top Turkish artists in a sumptuous 19th-century building in Istanbul has become the latest flare-up in Turkey’s culture wars, […]