Posts Tagged: Turkey Islam
For Turkey’s President, the Failed Coup Was a ‘Gift From God’
On July 15, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “celebrated” the sixth anniversary of a failed military coup -- "a major victory" that presumably protected the...
Turkey’s Erdogan Could Be in Serious Trouble
The Turkish Islamists’ first experience of long-term governance, now in its 19th year, has turned the country into a caricature. With annual inflation and interest rates...
Turkey’s Problems Grow in the Eastern Mediterranean
Yet another Turkish diplomatic embarrassment has been caused by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s self-aggrandizement. Turkey’s neo-Ottoman strongman would topple Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and replace him...
This Time Turkish, Not Saudi, Schoolbooks Are Under Scrutiny
According to a recently released analysis of 28 Turkish textbooks, that country’s education system, which was once a model of secularism that taught evolution, cultural openness, tolerance...
Turkish Prisons Are Beyond the Pale of Inhumanity
Human rights abuses under Turkish despot Recep Tayyip Erdogan are beyond the pale of inhumanity and moral decadence. The list of Erdogan’s violations and cruelty is...
Islamism Is Stunting Turkish Academic Achievement
Turkey, with a population of 83 million and two Nobel Prizes won, ranks 62nd on the list of countries by Nobel laureates per capita. This...
Jews and Others Must Recognize the Dangers of Turkish Nationalism
In November 2020, the Istanbul metropolitan municipality, led by Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), named a park in Istanbul after Hüseyin Nihal Atsız....
Israel, Don’t Trust Turkey
In recent weeks, Turkey has found itself greatly isolated from the West and the Middle East. In response to that isolation, the country’s Islamist strongman,...
Turkey’s Boycott Threats Are Preposterous
Turkey is a big market, so Ankara has a potentially powerful tool at its disposal with which to accomplish foreign policy goals. If 80 million...
Many Turks Feel They Don’t Belong in Their Own Country
Turks have many good reasons not to be proud of their country’s current standing in terms of wealth, democracy, civil liberties, and justice. Turkey is...
Turkey’s Generation Z: A Youth Challenge to Erdogan
Political scientists call them “Generation Z.” They are young Turks born around the turn of the millennium -- technically, those who were born in 1995...
Erdogan’s Neo-Ottoman Aspirations Inspire Islamists and Endanger World Peace
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's once hidden agenda of reviving a modern version of the Ottoman Empire is not so secret in light of recent...
Erdogan Joins Thousands to Pray for First Time at Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined thousands of worshipers at Hagia Sophia on Friday for the first prayers there since he declared the monument, revered...
Has Erdogan Launched a New Age of Religious Wars?
JNS.org - To understand just how dishonest the discussion about Jerusalem is when conducted in venues where Israel is regarded with hostility, like The New...
