Where Will Erdoğan Strike Next?
By Alberto M. Fernandez – MEMRI – Turkey’s economy, like that of many countries, is in trouble. The decline has been clear even before the coronavirus appeared, but the pandemic [...]
Turkish Journalist On Hagia Sophia: Turkey Can Do As It Pleases; We Are Breaking The Spiritual Shackles That Have Been Binding Us
By MEMRI – Source: Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar) On July 21, 2020, Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar) aired a debate about Turkey’s recent decision to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque. [...]
Following Erdoğan’s Promise To Convert Hagia Sophia ‘Back Into A Mosque,’ Quran Verses, Call To Prayer Recited In The Ancient Church
By MEMRI – In May 2019, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said: “A short time ago they converted the Hagia Sophia from a mosque to a museum. Inshallah, after the election, we [...]
Erdoğan’s ‘Make-Turkey-More-Islamic’ Campaign Is a Failure
By Burak Bekdil – The Gatestone Institute Trust for Islamist politics in both the Middle East and North Africa has plummeted since the beginning of the Arab Spring. A survey for BBC Arabic [...]
Thousands of Christians Face Exile or Extinction in Syria
By Chris Mitchell – CBN (via AINA) – Turkish-led jihadist troops advancing on a Syrian Christian town could begin an ethnic cleansing campaign in the next few hours, attorney and [...]
Syria’s Christians are suffering in silence
By Spectator US– The White House’s decision to move aside and allow a Turkish assault in northeast Syria highlighted the morass that is the US’s foreign policy in the Middle East. Criticism [...]
Turkey-Based Muslim Brotherhood TV Channels – An Emerging Hotbed Of Extremism, Jihadi Ideology, And Antisemitism
By MEMRI – Introduction Since the overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) government of President Mohamed Morsi in Egypt in 2013, several TV channels affiliated with the Egyptian Muslim [...]
Turkey Accused of Recruiting Ex-Isis Fighters in Their Thousands to Attack Kurds in Syria
By Patrick Cockburn – The Independent – Turkey is recruiting and retraining Isis fighters to lead its invasion of the Kurdish enclave of Afrin in northern Syria, according to an [...]
America ups the ante over Pastor Brunson’s detention
By WorldWatch Monitor – The American Charge d’Affaires in Ankara has said that Turkey’s continued detention of pastor Andrew Brunson on spying and terrorism-related charges is impeding [...]
WH Protest Demands Freedom for U.S. Pastor Jailed in Turkey
By Breitbart News – Christians gathered in front of the White House on Wednesday to show support for Andrew Brunson, the American-born pastor jailed in Turkey on charges of aiding Islamic [...]
