Why did he do this? It is likely part of his program to destroy Turkish secularism and re-Islamize Turkey. Once again (repeated yet again because of course it is universally denied or ignored): the Qur’an teaches that men are superior to women and should beat those from whom they “fear disobedience”: “Men have authority over […]
NATO Secretary General admits that he has ‘serious concerns’ about Turkey
Erdogan is an Islamic supremacist menace who skillfully manipulates NATO. Turkey has no place in the NATO alliance and should long ago have been thrown out. Erdogan is no friend to Europe; he has assailed it, calling it sick and collapsing, yet pushes the “Islamophobia” subterfuge with the EU, while conveniently never addressing jihad terror. […]
Turkey’s school curriculum shows anti-American stance, is sympathetic to ISIS and Al-Qaeda
Mainstream Western analysts and policymakers should ask themselves why Turkey is adopting a curriculum that is sympathetic to groups it has assumed to be twisting and hijacking Islam. Why aren’t there protests in Turkey by peaceful Muslims who are outraged over this misrepresentation of their peaceful religion? “Turkey school curriculum radicalised with Jihad, sympathies for […]
Under pressure from Erdogan, US swiftly condemns Kurdish PKK
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has stated that the Kurdish PKK group “bears responsibility” for the execution of 13 Turkish hostages in Iraq over the weekend. The speed at which condemnation of the PKK occurred without allowing time for analysis and investigation is worrying. It suggests a tendency toward appeasement, which is no surprise […]
Erdogan’s Turkey: The intellectual underclass is put at the top of the hierarchy
Burak Bekdil, one of the bravest of Turkish journalists, deplores the damage done by Erdogan to academic achievement in the country he despotically rules. He recently offered a series of examples – each more absurd or outrageous than the next — of the level of “thought” recently exhibited by devout Muslim “scholars” and “professors,” […]
Re-Islamization Is Stunting Turkish Mental Growth
As is well known, Islam does not encourage independent thought but rather, the habit of mental submission, submission above all to the Qur’an and to Muhammad, the Messenger of God, who is a Model of Conduct (uswa hasana) and the Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil). The Turkish journalist Burak Bekdil has noticed that Erdogan’s systematic […]
Turkey: Chief imam of Hagia Sophia calls for elimination of principle of secularism in new constitution
This has been a long time coming, given Erdogan’s longstanding caliphate dreams, and will likely soon be a reality. “Hagia Sophia imam urges elimination of principle of secularism in new constitution,” Turkish Minute, February 10, 2021 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): The chief imam of the Hagia Sophia, which was converted into a mosque […]
Erdogan: ‘Attacks on Muslims’ sacred values are persistently disregarded under the pretext of freedom of thought’
Well, yes, Tayyip. A society can either protect Muslims’ sacred values by laws restricting what is considered offensive to those values, or can protect the freedom of thought, which will mean that various groups will have to put up with being offended. If one group is shielded from offense, that group can work its will […]
Erdogan Nurses Forlorn Hope For the Best with Biden As More and More Ask, Why Is Turkey Still in NATO?
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, January 14, that he hoped positive steps will be taken by Washington on Turkey’s role in the F-35 jet program, and its ability to purchase the plane be reinstated, once US President-elect Joe Biden takes office. Erdogan described the ban on Turkey’s purchase of the F-35, in response […]
Erdogan’s Folly
By refusing American requests not to buy the S-400 missile defense system from the Russians, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has quite unnecessarily caused great damage both to Turkey’s economy and to its military. A report on his folly, by the always informative Burak Bekdil, is here: US CAATSA sanctions on Turkey’s defense industry are […]