Erdogan’s ongoing violence against the Kurds emanates from the fact that the Kurds seek their own independent state. Kurdish fighters performed heroically and were a critical American ally at the height of the battle against the Islamic State. Yet Erdogan abuses the Kurds unceasingly, while he accuses Israel of genocide. It is obscene that Turkey […]
Iran and Turkey strengthen relations since death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has joined the Palestinian “resistance” which aims to obliterate Israel. According to Hürriyet Daily News, Erdogan addressed a group of officials in Ankara; he praised “martyrdom,” the “resistance,” and the late Yahya Sinwar: Erdoğan expressed respect for the leaders and members of the Palestinian resistance, “which has become legendary not […]
Erdogan: ‘The only step to stop Israel’s arrogance and state terrorism is the alliance of Islamic countries’
Erdogan may be right, for the only thing that is the root of the burning hatred of Israel is the Islamic principle “Drive them out from where they drove you out” (Qur’an 2:191). The Israelis did not in fact drive the Arabs out, but that is the prevailing myth. The conflict has everything to do […]
Erdogan: ‘Just as Hitler was stopped by an alliance of humanity, Netanyahu will be stopped in the same way’
Erdogan is ignoring Hitler’s profession of admiration for Islam. Erdogan is ignoring also the fact that the mufti of Jerusalem, Hajj Amin al-Husseini, lived in Berlin during World War II and collaborated with the National Socialists. He even made broadcasts in Arabic calling upon Muslims to support the National Socialists, based on the common hatred […]
Erdogan: ‘Hamas is a resistance group that strives to protect its lands’
Meanwhile, the U.S. still officially classifies Hamas as a terrorist group. Either the U.S. or Turkey is eventually going to change its stance on this. It is likely to be the U.S. “Erdoğan: Hamas is a resistance group that is defending its lands,” A News, September 25,2024: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Tuesday that […]
Why Erdogan’s Call for a Pan-Islam Military Alliance Against Israel Will Not Amount to Much
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a pan-Islamic alliance to defeat Israel: “Turkey’s Erdogan: Islamic countries should form alliance against ‘Israel’s growing expansionism,’” Jerusalem Post, September 7, 2024: Erdogan hosted Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Ankara this week and they discussed the Gaza war and ways to further repair their long-frozen ties during […]
Erdogan’s Excellent Adventure: An ‘Islamic Alliance’ to Destroy Israel
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been busy re-Islamizing Turkey and removing the last vestiges of Kemalism. He has changed the Turkish Army, replacing Kemalist generals who favor secularism with Islamist officers. This new officer corps, instead of being wary of soldiers who are “too pious,” as their predecessors had been, now promote those “pious soldiers” up […]
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,” […]
Russia slams Israel for ‘provoking Iran’
In February, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, told the General Assembly that Russia was “deepening its ties with global forces of destabilization, chiefly Iran.” Erdan’s comments “came ahead of the parley” that Moscow was about to hold with Palestinian factions, including Hamas. As it turns out, six months later, Russian Foreign Minister […]
Erdogan hails 953rd anniversary of decisive Turkish victory over Roman Empire as ‘victory of all Muslims’
You can read about the Battle of Manzikert, now called Malazgirt, in Empire of God: How the Byzantines Saved Civilization. In this battle, which took place in the year 1071, the Seljuk Turks smashed the army of the Roman Empire, devastating it to the extent that the whole of Anatolia, which had been the heartland […]