Jihad Watch has stated repeatedly over the years that Turkey should have long ago been expelled from NATO. Turkey does not hold the values of Western free societies. Turkey became rapidly Islamized under its President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. It is a much different country from what it was in 1952, when it joined NATO. In […]
Turkey’s Erdogan Makes Us Ask Once Again: Why is This Country in NATO?
New in PJ Media: Recep Tayyip Erdogan doth bestride Turkey like a colossus. President since 2014 and before that, prime minister for eleven years, Erdogan has worked assiduously throughout this century to destroy Kemalist secularism and restore Turkey’s Islamic character. Erdogan has also made no secret of wanting to restore not just Islamic law, but […]
NATO member Turkey to request membership in BRICS economic bloc spearheaded by Russia and China
“There is a belief in Ankara that it can do this ‘without a political cost that would be attached to this realignment.’” That is only because of the weakness and wrongheadedness of the Biden-Harris regime. Turkey should be expelled from NATO. But it will not be. “NATO member Turkey to request membership of Russia-led BRICS,” […]
One More Time: Why Is Turkey Still In NATO?
On July 18 here at Jihad Watch, I asked why Turkey was still in NATO. It’s a question that merits being asked frequently. It has been a busy few years for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Back in 2020, in his insensate desire to curry domestic favor with devout Muslims in Turkey, and to promote […]
EU leaders in UK for summit addressing illegal migration as new PM pledges European ‘reset’
Whenever a leftist uses the term “reset,” it is no secret what the agenda is: a globalist one that inevitably excludes the freedom of expression, the rule of law, responsible migration, and respect for Judeo-Christian heritage, and includes a complete commitment to wokeism. “UK’s Starmer pledges European reset at summit,” AFP, July 18, 2024: U.K. […]
Remind Me Again: Why Is Turkey Still In NATO?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues to jail journalists, threaten Israel’s existence, denounce those Arab states that have dared to normalize ties to the Jewish state, bully Cyprus and Greece over gas deposits in their maritime waters, and destroy the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Turkish secularists who refused to abandon Kemalism. His latest […]
‘A country like Turkey, which supports Hamas and the Iranian axis of evil, should not be a member of NATO’
Katz is right, but the NATO top dogs will never even dare to reconsider Turkey’s membership, despite its obvious alignment with the enemies of the U.S. and the West. “FM Katz responds to Erdogan: A country like Turkey should not be a member of NATO,” by Elad Benari, Israel National News, July 12, 2024: Foreign […]
Biden administration, NATO, EU, UN, Pope Francis send condolences to Iran for death of ‘Butcher of Tehran’
The Islamic Republic of Iran views the West as an enemy of Islam. If given free opportunity, it will make good on its cry of “Death to America,” killing anyone who gets in its way, as it does on its own soil, where the Islamic regime arbitrarily detains citizens and murders dissidents. Ebrahim Raisi earned […]
Lockheed Martin to sell $23 billion worth of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey
The U.S. State Department has yet to sign off on the multibillion-dollar deal to sell F-16 fighter jets to Turkey and Greece; of those two countries, the latter is not the problem. Turkey is. The deal will amount to another foolish move by the Biden government that would see the U.S. strengthening its enemies. This […]
Erdogan: Sweden’s NATO bid depends on its ending Qur’an desecration
The absurdity of having Turkey as part of an alliance of Western states is on abundant display in its reaction to Sweden’s bid to join NATO. Erdogan insists that Sweden must discard the freedom of expression that has been a hallmark of Western free societies, and adopt Sharia blasphemy laws prohibiting desecration of the Qur’an. […]