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Report: Erdoğan turns a blind eye as Hamas plots in Turkey to attack Israel

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is turning a blind eye to the fact that senior Hamas officials based in Istanbul are actively plotting terrorist attacks against Israel, The Telegraph reported on Wednesday. Citing transcripts of...
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (right) speaks to the press in the southern Gaza Strip on Sept. 19, 2017. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Hamas chief arrives in Turkey on first leg of foreign tour

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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Turkey on Sunday as part of the first leg of a foreign tour, the terrorist group announced according to a report in the Turkish Anadolu Agency. Haniyeh is also set...
Armenians are marched to a nearby prison in Mezireh by armed Turkish soldiers in Kharpert, Armenia, in April 1915. Credit: Project SAVE via Wikimedia Commons.

After meeting with Erdoğan, Graham blocks resolution recognizing 1915 Armenian Genocide

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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) blocked a resolution on Wednesday recognizing the 1915 Armenian Genocide after being part of a White House meeting of Republican senators with U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Donald Trump at a White House press conference on Nov. 13, 2019. Photo by Jackson Richman/JNS.

In White House visit, Trump touts US alliance with Turkey; Erdoğan slams critics

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WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump, standing alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, touted at a White House press conference on Wednesday that the relationship between the United States and Turkey, a fellow NATO ally, has...
U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey at the G20 Summit Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Credit: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.

Report: Ahead of White House visit, Trump offers Erdoğan package aimed at easing US-Turkey...

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U.S. President Trump has offered Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a package aimed at easing tensions between Ankara and Washington ahead of the latter’s visit to the White House on Wednesday, reported The Washington Post on Tuesday. In...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sign a mutual defense agreement in 2014. Source: aljazeera.net.

Turkey-Qatar relations: From bilateral ties to strategic partnership

This month, a new Turkish military base is to be inaugurated in Qatar by the leaders of the two countries, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. This...
The U.S. Capitol building. Wikimedia Commons via Martin Falbisoner.

Members of Congress call on Trump to cancel Erdoğan’s White House visit

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A group of 17 members of the U.S. House of Representatives has called on U.S. President Donald Trump to cancel Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to the White House on Wednesday. In a letter, the...
Armenians are marched to a nearby prison in Mezireh by armed Turkish soldiers in Kharpert, Armenia, in April 1915. Credit: Project SAVE via Wikimedia Commons.

Ilhan Omar is just one of many guilty of hypocrisy on Turkey

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Last week’s overwhelming vote by the House of Representatives in favor of a resolution condemning the genocide of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923 represented a breakthrough. Hard as it may...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

A Kurdish campaign to boycott Turkey

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It is a story that strikes a chord with anyone familiar with the struggle for civil rights in the American South. Jwnaid Murad, a businessman in Iraqi Kurdistan, has decided that he will no...
U.S. Congress. Credit: Pixabay.

US House passes resolution recognizing Armenian genocide, bill to sanction Turkey

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The U.S. House of Representatives passed on Tuesday both a resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide and a bill to enact U.S. sanctions against Turkey for its incursion this month into northern Syria. Reps. Greg Pence...