Erdogan wants to make sure the whole world is aware of his victory and of the re-Islamization of Turkey. “‘There’s No God But Allah’ in Hagia Sophia Notes Turkey,” by Tasos Kokkinidis, Greek Reporter, May 9, 2021 (thanks to Henry): Turkey illuminated Hagia Sophia, the historic Byzantine Church, now turned mosque, with a “There’s No God […]
Do Non-Muslim Citizens Have Property Rights in Turkey?
Istanbul, or Constantinople, is one of the world’s most well-known holiday destinations. Millions of foreign tourists visit this historic city to see its cultural heritage and scenic beauties. However, a large number of magnificent buildings in the city, such as homes, offices, palaces, hotels, museums, and even mosques (converted from churches), that are now […]
Turkey: Islamic State jihadis from Russia, China and elsewhere were trained in Istanbul Islamic school
Western politicians will keep telling us that the Islamic State has nothing whatsoever to do with Islam. Meanwhile, Islamic State jihadis trained in a madrasa. The propaganda is getting so high you need wings to stay above it, but it’s no more true for being ubiquitous. “Turkish madrasa in Istanbul functioned as springboard for ISIS […]
Turkey: Last of the Byzantine Greeks facing extinction under Islamic hardliner Erdogan
“The Greeks who represent the last vestiges of Christian Byzantium and the Roman Empire are heading towards their final extinction in Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Turkey, with their numbers dwindling to a mere handful” under his Islamic hardline government. Erdogan has made his ambitions clear: he wants a revived Ottoman Empire, and his actions have shown […]
Muslim Brotherhood operative in Israel says his org is ‘the hard core in confronting the Zionist project’
The Muslim Brotherhood is extraordinary deceptive in its modus operandi as it runs rings around Western leaders, but here it speaks with unusual openness about its agenda regarding Israel. Although there are those who believe that “Trump’s peace deals mean the anti-Israel boycott movement is dead,” as reported by the New York Post, such optimism […]
September 6, 1955: Turkey’s Kristallnacht
September 6, 1955 started just like any other day for the Greeks, Armenians, and Jews of Istanbul—or Constantinople. ”I resided in Cengelkoy with my wife and two children back then,” wrote Apostolos Nikolaidis in the book I Nihta ton Kristallon. ”Just as protests were starting in Taksim, I left my shop in Karakoy and went […]
Turkey: Erdogan converts historic Chora church into mosque
The conversion of Hagia Sophia to a mosque, followed so closely by this conversion of the Chora church, is a declaration of Islamic supremacism. Erdogan is signaling the victory of Islam and its supremacy not only over Christianity, although that is certainly part of what he is doing, but also over Ataturk’s secularism. Ataturk made […]
Greek Orthodox Istanbulites slam Turkish Presidency’s video depicting Christian minorities in comfort
“The video didn’t show Greek Orthodox Istanbulites’ forced migration out of the city that used to be 98-percent occupied by their ancestors because they were under such political pressure.” Indeed. And clearly the Erdogan regime is going in the direction opposite that of safeguarding the rights of Christians in Turkey. “Greek Orthodox Istanbulites slam Turkish […]
Turkey: Thousands of Muslims screaming ‘Allahu akbar’ celebrate ‘reconquest’ of Hagia Sophia
“Allahu akbar” means Allah is greater, i.e., greater than your god, and Turks today are making no effort to hide their supremacist delight. “Videos of the Greek dismay were circulated gleefully among the crowd in Istanbul.” This is no surprise, since Hagia Sophia as a mosque from 1453 to 1935 stood as a symbol of […]
Turkey’s Religious Affairs top dog: ‘Hagia Sophia shouldn’t only be place of worship,’ should be ‘a madrasa inside’
Training a new generation of jihadis and Islamic supremacists inside what was the foremost cathedral in Christendom for nearly a millennium — what could be more deliciously illustrative of the triumph and supremacy of Islam? “Turkey’s Top Imam Now Wants to Build an Islamic School at Hagia Sophia,” by Tasos Kokkinidis, Greek Reporter, July 12, […]