What Happened to the Hagia Sophia Is a Terrible Shame
By Hakan Topal – Hyperallergic – I recently visited the Hagia Sophia for the first time after its conversion and felt overwhelming sadness. On the occasion of the 2003 Istanbul [...]
What Erdoğan’s ‘Hero’ Says about Turkey
By Raymond Ibrahim – Conquering Christians and turning their churches into mosques seems to be very much on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s mind these days. Last Friday, June [...]
Turkish President Erdoğan’s Islamic Terror Links
By Raymond Ibrahim – New evidence linking Turkish president Erdogan to Islamic terrorists has just emerged. Osman Nuri Kabaktepe, a longtime friend and colleague of Erdogan, who was [...]
After Hagia Sophia, Turkey’s historic Chora church also switched to mosque
By Reuters – Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Editing by Dominic Evans/Mark Heinrich Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan reconverted the historic Chora church, one of Istanbul’s most celebrated [...]
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 [...]
