It is no surprise that Turkey’s membership in NATO would become a stumbling block other Western countries seeking membership. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opposes their entry because he claims that Sweden and Finland are backing “terrorism.” To Turkey, backing “terrorism” means that they support the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which Turkey considers to be […]
Turkey playing major role in Russia-Ukraine war
Turkey has now taken up a major role in mediating in the Russian-Ukraine war, making it clear at the outset that it condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but also that it does not support sanctions against Russia. Of course, Turkey has its own paramount economic interests in mind. Turkey has also long worked to expand […]
Erdogan rallies Turks in the EU to ‘work harder’ to advance ‘the causes of Allah’
While the world is caught up with the Russia-Ukraine crisis, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is trying to rally Turks across Europe to “work harder” to “advance the causes of Allah.” And he “sees Turks living in Europe as his own citizens.” Turkey does not belong in NATO. It should have been ejected long ago. […]
Erdogan asks EU to relaunch membership talks for Turkey
If Turkey becomes a member of the EU, Europe as we have known it will be definitively over. But everyone in the EU leadership who knows anything about Turkey’s historic relationship to Europe, or about the political and cultural implications of even more mass Muslim migration into Europe, has already been silenced as an “Islamophobe.” […]
Turkey: Nominee for top Constitutional Court called for destruction of Israel
Islamic anti-Semitism is instructed in the Quran, and the sentiment in virtually ubiquitous across the Islamic world, especially when Hamas attacks Israel and Israel defends itself. It is always Israel’s fault. The Palestinian jihad (presented as “resistance”) against the state of Israel is relentless, and no matter what the Palestinians do, they are supported by […]
Turkey’s Erdogan addresses Muslims in US about unity of Muslim ummah amid ‘Islamophobia’
Turkish despot Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who seeks a revived Ottoman Empire, is instructing the Muslim American Society (MAS) and Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) about unity of the Ummah and battling “Islamophobia.” The UAE lists the Muslim American Society a terrorist organization, while the Islamic Circle of North America was “founded in September 1968 […]
Cyprus: Muslim migrant tries to set fire to mosque, Erdogan cries ‘Islamophobia,’ vows retaliation
Once again we see a claim of “Islamophobia” to be based on false pretenses. “Erdoğan warns of retaliation for Cyprus mosque attack blamed on Syrian,” Ahval, December 7, 2021: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned of repercussions after an attack on a mosque in the Republic of Cyprus last week. “You will pay a heavy […]
Turkey: One in three women has been a victim of domestic violence
Why is this happening? The Qur’an teaches that men are superior to women and should beat those from whom they “fear disobedience”: “Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts […]
Turkey: Israeli Couple Held for ‘Espionage’ for Photographing Erdogan’s Palace
Just like the Roman rulers who offered their people panem et circenses, “bread and circuses” — food and gladiators — to keep their minds occupied on things other than political and economic conditions, Recep Tayyip Erdogan likes to create trumped-up mini-crises to keep the Turkish people focusing on them rather than on their political […]
Turkey: Man fined for calling Erdoğan ‘a Jew pretending to be a Muslim’
In Turkey, it’s “belittling” to describe Erdogan as a Jew. The Jews in the Qur’an are called the strongest of all people in enmity toward the Muslims (5:82); they fabricate things and falsely ascribe them to Allah (2:79; 3:75, 3:181); they claim that Allah’s power is limited (5:64); they love to listen to lies (5:41); […]