The practice of appropriating the sacred sites of other religious traditions and converting them to mosques, or destroying the non-Muslim buildings and constructing a mosque on the same site, has abundant precedent worldwide. Consider Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, the Church of St. John the Baptist/Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, thousands of mosques built over destroyed Hindu […]
Israel announces countermeasures against Turkey following trade suspension
Back in November, Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan threatened to use military force against Israel in order to aid Hamas. Turkey then drew a line in the sand, when Erdogan stated in March that Turkey “firmly backs” Hamas, and that “no one can make us qualify Hamas as a terrorist organization.” Nothing different can be expected […]
The Day(s) That Turkey’s Erdogan Humiliated America
Weak. Deceitful. Cowardly. Those describe America’s ongoing responses to the savage, unprovoked attack on peaceful protestors by Turkish President Erdogan’s security detail in Washington, DC. It happened on Tuesday afternoon, May 16, 2017, following his meeting with President Trump. Shortly after his motorcade arrived at the Turkish ambassador’s Sheridan Circle residence, where protestors had lawfully […]
Erdogan embraces and kisses Hamas top dog Haniyeh
Turkish President KISSES Hamas leader responsible for the Oct 7th attack. President Erdogan gave Ismail Haniyeh a warm embrace, kisses and a hand shake as he posed next to the terror leader for photos. Hamas’ top leaders were invited with a delegation to Istanbul to meet the… pic.twitter.com/t5m4ZqzxyY — Oli London (@OliLondonTV) April 20, 2024 […]
Turkey: Erdoğan suffers historic setback in crucial mayoral elections as secular party surges in popularity
The Islamic supremacist and despotic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has suffered what’s being described as the “worst election defeat since coming to power two decades ago.” The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) is now Turkey’s leading party, “according to the preliminary results of Turkey’s local elections,” which took place on Sunday. Erdogan has […]
Erdogan’s Litany of False Accusations Against Israel
After the failed coup attempt in July 2016 by a faction within the armed forces organized as the Peace at Home Council, that was opposed to Erdogan’s undermining of the secularism that Ataturk had promoted, and disturbed, too, by his determination to “re-islamize” Turkey, Erdogan came down hard on those whom he inaccurately described as […]
Erdogan, Tell Us What You Really Think of Jews
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the Turkish President, and the rude-and-crude master of all he surveys from the 1,100 room “White Palace” that he had the government build for him in Istanbul, at a cost to the Turkish taxpayers of $615 million. But when a man like Erdogan comes along only once a millennium, why should […]
Erdogan says Turkey ‘firmly backs’ Hamas, ‘No one can make us qualify Hamas as a terrorist organisation’
This means that Turkey supports the mass murder of Israelis on Oct. 7, and the total eradication of Israel, which would mean a new genocide of the Jews. “President Erdogan says Turkey firmly backs Hamas leaders and speaks openly with them,” Daily Mail, March 9, 2024: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan today said that his nation […]
Erdogan: Any ‘definition of Turkishness’ must include ‘Islam’s holy war spirit’
The nations neighboring Turkey should see this statement as a warning, but they probably won’t. “‘Hostility against Sharia is hostility against Islam,” says Turkey’s Erdoğan,” Duvar English, February 2, 2024: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Feb. 1 commented on the critics of Sharia law, saying “hostility against Sharia Law is hostility against Islam,” during […]
Erdogan to visit Egypt to reboot ties and take ‘steps to end’ Gaza war
The talks between Erdogan and El-Sisi “are expected to focus on aid shipments for Palestinians in Gaza and steps that could be taken to end the war.” Yet neither country is taking in Palestinian refugees. There are also no “steps” that could possibly be taken by Turkey and Egypt to end the war. Israel is […]