Posts Tagged: Erdogan Turkey
Why the Israel-Turkey Pact Is a Good Deal
Like many people, I am a profound critic of the current Turkish regime. It's hard not to condemn a leader who censors the press, prosecutes critics of...
As Erdogan Seizes Even More Power, What Will Happen to Israel-Turkey Relations?
JNS.org - An Israeli diplomat indicated this week that the Jewish state and Turkey are continuing to make a concerted effort to rebuild the strained relationship...
Forgetting History: Is Angela Merkel Appeasing Turkey’s Erdogan?
No one interested in political affairs is likely to forget the nature and the consequences of the appeasement policy in 1938 of British Prime Minister...
By Seizing Control of Newspapers, Erdogan Continues to Destroy Democracy in Turkey
Only a few months after Turkey’s President Erdogan raided the offices of the Koza Ipek Media Group, the Turkish police attacked the offices of Feza Publications,...
Why Turkey’s Erdogan Won a Surprise Election Victory
The shouts ricocheted across cyberspace, on Twitter and Facebook, in e-mails and messages and banners: "Turkey votes for Islam!" "Islam wins! America loses!" This is how the...
President Erdogan: The Bully of Istanbul
Almost everyone at some time during their youth has seen and experienced a form of bullying; some may have even been a bully themselves. It might...
Watching Erdogan’s Fall From Grace in Turkey
Turkish President Erdogan’s May 2013 plan to raze Gezi Park in Central Istanbul and replace it with a replica 19th century Ottoman barrack prompted anti-government...
Will Erdogan’s Election Setback Mean Improved Relations With Israel?
JNS.org - A political upheaval is seemingly underway in Turkey, as the rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan experienced a significant setback in the country’s June...
In Turkey, Erdogan Grooms a New Jihadi Generation
First, he promised to build a new, "religious generation." Now, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears to be going one step further: creating, too, a new...
The Fall of Turkey’s Would-Be Emperor
Turkish President Erdogan has recently come under intense criticism for his unwillingness to come to the aid of the beleaguered Syrian Kurds in the city...
The Danger of Depending on Turkey
JNS.org - Here's the good news: the Obama administration has finally grasped that the onslaught of the Islamic State terror group through Iraq and...
Erdogan is Leading Turkey Down a Dangerous Path
The ascendancy of Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the presidency places Turkey on a trajectory that could usher in a new era unlike any other...
Turkey’s New Prime Minister is Erdogan’s Lackey
As Recep Tayyip Erdogan ascends Thursday to the presidency of Turkey, his hand-picked successor, Ahmet Davutoglu, simultaneously assumes Mr. Erdogan's old job of prime minister....
Obama Fiddles While the World Burns
Under President Obama, the world is becoming unstuck. Iraq is being overrun by Islamist terrorists and the United States is now evacuating its Baghdad embassy....
