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The Hagia Sophia museum (and former church) in Istanbul. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Erdoğan: Hagia Sophia ‘resurrection’ harbinger for Al-Aqsa ‘liberation’

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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...
Muslims visit at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City on Feb. 28, 2020. Photo by Sliman Khader/Flash90.

What is Israel’s next move as Turks and Saudis duel over Jerusalem?

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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...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Credit: Wikipedia.

Erdoğan is driving a wedge between Europe and the Middle East

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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...
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar at the 2019 Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 17, 2019. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurds in northern Iraq

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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...
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu attends the Munich Security Conference, on Feb. 19, 2017. Photo: Preiss/MSC via Wikimedia Commons.

Report: Turkey warns Israel will cross a ‘red line’ with sovereignty move

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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...
Muslim children play with pigeons at the Dome of the Rock, in Jerusalem's Old City, on Jan. 31, 2020. Photo by Sliman Khader/Flash90.

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...
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Turkey’s selective amnesia

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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...
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How Turkey is turning into the next Iran

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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...
Halkbank branch in Skanderbeg Square, Tirana, Albania. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Turkish bank pleads not guilty to charges of evading Iran sanctions

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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...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Credit: Wikipedia.

Turkey and coronavirus: Devout Muslims will defeat the ‘Jewish plot’

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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...