This kind of talk could get Erdogan the Democratic Party’s 2020 Presidential nomination. “Erdogan’s Monstrous Death Threats to Australians,” by Tim Wilms, The Unshackled, March 20, 2019: Turkey’s Islamist dictator President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has responded to the fact the Christchurch mosque shooter was Australian to threaten Australians visiting Turkey with death if they are […]
Erdogan shows footage of New Zealand massacre while New Zealand jails youth for posting it
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan “has been inflaming his supporters by showing footage of the suspected far-right terror attack in Christchurch, New Zealand.” At the same time, New Zealand has been busy rounding up youth with threats of lengthy imprisonment for merely posting the videos. Meanwhile, New Zealand ignores its mosque problem: al Noor mosque […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: In Turkey, Antisemitism Right and Left (Part Three)
“You are the partners to the Greater Middle East Project for the last 16 years,” Ince added. “You are those who are worthy of the Jewish Courage Prize with the services you have done and deserve this award.” Many commentators have taken this as a negative reference to the “Courage to Care Award” that Erdogan […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: In Turkey, Antisemitism Right and Left (Part One)
Last year, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for the creation of an “Army of Islam” to attack Israel from all sides, in order to destroy it. That was shocking, but not surprising, for Erdogan has long been outspoken in his hostility to the Jewish state. Before Erdogan, relations between Turkey and Israel had long been […]
Turkey: Muslim cleric who incited Muslim to murder Russian ambassador still preaching, with protection from Erdogan
Not a friend. Not an ally. Turkey should be expelled from NATO immediately. “Vahdet group’s jihadist cleric continues to radicalize many in Turkey,” by Abdullah Bozkurt, Nordic Monitor, March 3, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): A radical imam whose teachings have influenced many jihadists including the killer of the Russian ambassador to Turkey […]
Turkey: Columnist says that Erdogan has earned the title of caliph
Erdogan’s desire to restore the Ottoman caliphate has long been clear, and now it is becoming increasingly open. This is why he never strongly opposed the Islamic State: he had hoped to incorporate its caliphate into his own. The Islamic State caliphate is gone, but Erdogan’s caliphate dreams are undimmed. “Caliphate is Erdoğan’s, Islamist columnist […]
Hungary’s Orban warns of impending migrant crisis “in an even stronger form”
EU leaders have not made themselves accountable to their citizens. This is evident in the EU’s commitment to a reckless open-door immigration policy which has brought a massive wave of crime and jihad attacks to Europe. But EU leaders have bowed in dhimmitude to the Islamic supremacist will, using “kindness,” “diversity,” “multiculturalism,” etc., as a […]
Turkey: Politician calls for expulsion of Armenians as revenge for French recognition of Armenian genocide
Mustafa Destici, the head of Turkey’s Great Unity Party, “wants his government to expel tens of thousands of Armenian nationals residing in Turkey in retaliation against France for declaring a remembrance day for victims of the World War I-era genocide of Armenians.” Note: the term “right wing” is used in this story to describe Destici’s […]
Turkey: Erdogan accuses West of “arming terrorists and killers who target Muslims around the world”
“President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has accused Turkey’s western allies of arming terrorists and killers who target Muslims around the world.” Erdogan is a master propagandist. It’s the other way around. Muslims are persecuting Christians worldwide, targeting Jews in the State of Israel and in Europe, targeting Hindus in India, Yazidis in Iraq, and Muslims they […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Why Turkey Should Be Expelled From NATO (Reason #877)
Let’s recapitulate: Erdogan has repeatedly attacked the Kurds in Syria, who have been our closest allies against ISIS. He has carried on a campaign of vilification against the United States for refusing to hand over Fethulleh Gulen to Erdogan’s “justice.” He has drawn closer to Putin and to Russia, and gone ahead with his pledge […]