Tag: Turkey
Erdoğan: Hagia Sophia ‘resurrection’ harbinger for Al-Aqsa ‘liberation’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vowed on Friday that the “resurrection” of the ancient Hagia Sophia church in Istanbul as a mosque bodes well for the “liberation” of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. He...
What is Israel’s next move as Turks and Saudis duel over Jerusalem?
Tensions have run increasingly high between the Jordanians and Saudis on one side, and the Turks and Qataris on the other over control of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
“Turkey’s neo-Ottominism in its foreign policy...
Erdoğan is driving a wedge between Europe and the Middle East
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is using the chaos of civil war in Libya to carve out a new Turkish power base in the Maghreb. Erdoğan’s ambitions in North Africa will not only disrupt...
Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurds in northern Iraq
Turkish fighter jets launched strikes against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters in northern Iraq on Sunday night in retaliation for attacks against Turkish army bases, according to the Turkish Defense Ministry.
The warplanes took off...
Report: Turkey warns Israel will cross a ‘red line’ with sovereignty move
Israel’s plan to extend its sovereignty to the Jordan Valley, and parts of Judea and Samaria, will “destroy all hopes” for lasting peace in the Middle East, Turkey’s top diplomat said on Wednesday.
“If the...
Turkey opens new Islamic center near Western Wall
While Israel, the United States, Saudi Arabia and Jordan are holding talks about including Saudi representatives in the Islamic Waqf, which administers the Temple Mount compound, new details are emerging about a new Islamic...
Turkey’s selective amnesia
The collective Turkish memory has clear perceptions of which nations are friends and which are foes. In Turkey, the average length of schooling is only 6.5 years, and most Turks have a minimal knowledge...
How Turkey is turning into the next Iran
While Iran has virtually no close ties with the West and certainly does not speak with the White House, Turkey is a NATO member, and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks from time to time with...
Turkish bank pleads not guilty to charges of evading Iran sanctions
Turkish state bank Halkbank pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to U.S. charges of evading U.S. sanctions on Iran.
The plea was entered by the company’s lawyer, Robert Cary, in an arraignment conducted by U.S. District...
Turkey and coronavirus: Devout Muslims will defeat the ‘Jewish plot’
Turkey’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic is generally accepted to be rational, well-timed, not too badly planned, and fairly effective. At the time when the German case figure was 7,000 (and the Dutch and...