Tag: Turkey
A spirit of interfaith solidarity
Ramadan is not only a month for spiritual awakening that sees Muslims reaffirming and expressing their love for God through fasting, but also a month where people with different faiths, opinions, languages and ethnicities...
Turkish PM: State of Israel emulates Hitler and Mussolini
On May 18, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan participated, along with other senior politicians, in a pro-Palestinian rally in Istanbul. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said: “The administration of Israel, which emulates Hitler and...
Behind Erdoğan’s boycott threat against Israel
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is in the midst of one of his periodic bouts of Israel-hatred, lashing out at the Jewish state and its leaders with all the insults (“Nazi,” “apartheid,” “child-killers” and...
WATCH: Turkish political commentator incites against Jews: ‘We are slaves to them’
Turkish political commentator Hüseyin Güneş said “we are all slaves to the Jews,” who “control us economically.” In a May 17 interview on the Turkish Channel 9/Qanat TV, he said that the Turkish Jews...
Thanks to Erdogan, most Turks see Israel as enemy, not ally
The most concerning development in the current crisis between Israel and Turkey is the joint statement condemning Israel from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling Islamist party and the opposition Republican People’s Party. At the...
Amid rising tensions, Israel expels Turkish diplomat
Israel summoned the Turkish Consul General in Jerusalem and expelled him from the country, following Turkey’s expulsion of the Israeli consul general from Ankara.
The diplomatic incident continues increasing tensions between Turkey and Israel, which...
Despite tensions with Turkey, Israeli minister acknowledges Armenian genocide
With tensions between Israel and Turkey on the rise, Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to recognize the mass murders of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman government...
Syria ‘balkanization’ becomes more permanent, even as Assad regains some territory
As Syrian President Bashar Assad continues solidifying his hold in power around Damascus with the aid of Russian airstrikes, it is becoming clear that the regime will not be able to retake many other parts of...
Turkey blasts American veto of UN resolution
Turkey on Monday blasted the U.S. veto of a UN resolution that would have required President Donald Trump to rescind his declaration of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital,
A statement by the Turkish Foreign Ministry which was quoted...
Erdogan: Recognition of Jerusalem a ‘bomb’ in the Middle East
Muslims will never accept the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared on Friday, according to AFP.
He referred to President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as...