Posts Tagged: Turkey Islam
Turks Turn on Each Other — and the ‘Enemy Within’
For two despicable decades starting at the end of the 1960s, Italy was racked by the Anni di Piombo (Years of Lead). That era was...
Turkey’s Alliance with Iran — and Sunni and Shiite Islamists
At the time of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan unleashed an...
Islamist Parties in Turkey: A Perpetual Matryoshka
The principal ideologue and leader of Islamism in Turkey was Necmettin Erbakan (1926-2011), none of whose various political parties managed to win enough of a...
Turkey and Israel: Can Pragmatism Defeat ‘Bad Blood’?
For the first time in several years, the word “Israel” is not automatically accompanied in Turkey by bold pejoratives like “baby killer” or “terrorist state.”...
Turkey Is Not — and Should Not Be — an American Ally
Will Turkey’s current hostility towards the West be long-lived, as is post-revolutionary Iran’s -- or will it fade with the inevitable demise of its mercurial...
With Friends Like Turkey’s Erdogan, Trump’s America Won’t Need Enemies
With the rise of Islamic State (ISIS) in large parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014, Turkey became known as a “jihadist highway” that transported...
The Invincible Sultan: Is Erdogan Losing His Populist Charm?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan behaves like a cornered cat when it comes to regional politics: he acts savagely and erratically, lashing out at both...
Turkey’s Anti-Israel, Anti-Western Policies Could Outlast Erdogan
Many believe Turkey will return to “Western normality” as soon as Recep Tayyip Erdogan finishes his political career. But Turkey’s behavior is influenced by the...
US and Israel Should Help Craft Regional Policy to Contain Turkey’s Erdogan
Turkey poses a long-term threat to the security of the Middle East. Containing neo-Ottomanism requires a defensive policy that integrates Greece, Cyprus, Israel, and the...
Turkey Plants Its Flag in Christchurch
While showing footage of the March 15 shooting rampage in Christchurch, New Zealand at a rally in advance of March 31 local elections, Turkish president...
Erdogan’s Dangerous Ambitions Threaten India and Beyond
Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes no secret of his imperialist ambitions. His heroic ideal is the Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II (1876-1909). During a commemoration ceremony on...
How Turkey Is Spreading Its Radical Islamist Agenda to Europe
With less than two million people, Kosovo, which declared its independence from Serbia in 2008, is the home of over 800 mosques. Now the Islamic...
The US-Turkey Diplomatic Crisis
The current Turkish-American diplomatic crisis is fundamentally different from other such crises in 1964 or 1975. Turkish public sentiment in the 1960s and 1970s was...
Turkey: New System, Same One-Man Show
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, undoubtedly the most popular and divisive leader in modern Turkish history, has already ruled the country longer than Atatürk, the founder...
