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Affairs of State Insulting Mr. Erdoğan Can Be Dangerous Most of our readers are probably aware by now that the German government finds itself in a rather awkward situation over its relations with Turkey’s government again – with which the EU has just struck a widely criticized and very expensive deal to help it stem the flood […]
Erdogan’s war on media: Sputnik Turkey chief banned from entering Istanbul, told to fly to Russia
Erdogan’s war on media: Sputnik Turkey chief banned from entering Istanbul, told to fly to Russia Russian news agency Sputnik’s Turkish bureau chief has been blacklisted by Ankara, who refused him entry to the country in an airport, and seized his residence permit and press credentials. “I landed in Istanbul at 0:40 today with Aeroflot’s […]
Germany Could Charge Comic for Insulting Turkey’s President
Germany Could Charge Comic for Insulting Turkey’s President AMERICANS WONDERING WHAT life might be like in the near future — after a President Donald Trump acts on his promise to “open up our libels laws,” so that politicians with easily bruised egos can sue reporters or commentators for hurting their feelings — should pay attention to what is […]
Could there be a coup in Turkey?
Could there be a coup in Turkey? The situation in Turkey is bad and getting worse. It’s not just the deterioration in security amidst a wave of terrorism. Public debt might be stable, but private debt is out-of-control, the tourism sector is in free-fall, and the decline in the currency has impacted every citizen’s buying power. There is a broad […]
Erdogan: Democracy, Freedom Have ‘Absolutely No Value Any Longer’
Erdogan: Democracy, Freedom Have ‘Absolutely No Value Any Longer’ Vows to Turn Military on Political Opposition Concerns about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s authoritarian leanings have been at the fore in the nation’s political dialogue since he assumed the presidency, and appear to have been well founded, as in a televised speech today he declared […]
Massive Explosion Reported In Turkish Capital, Military Dormitory Targeted
Massive Explosion Reported In Turkish Capital, Military Dormitory Targeted With Turkey on the brink of going to war with Russia and, implicitly, Iran, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is looking for an excuse to invade Syria. The rebels Turkey and Saudi Arabia back are staging what amounts to a last stand at Aleppo and the Kurdish YPG […]
Turkey’s Revival of a Dirty ‘Deep State’
Turkey’s Revival of a Dirty ‘Deep State’ Exclusive: NATO keeps backing Turkey, one of its members, despite its aid to the Islamic State and other jihadists fighting Syria’s secular government — and even though Turkey’s erratic President Erdogan may be leading NATO into a risky showdown with Syria’s Russian allies, writes Jonathan Marshall. Turkey’s embattled President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is […]
Turkish prosecutors demand life sentences for 2 jailed Erdogan critics
Turkish prosecutors demand life sentences for 2 jailed Erdogan critics A woman walks past a banner that reads, “Even you arrest (journalists) or censor (media) we know that you are a war criminal Tayyip” and with a picture of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a protest over the arrest of journalists Can Dundar and […]
Turkey-Russia Tensions Spike as Russia Moves Into Northern Syria
Turkey-Russia Tensions Spike as Russia Moves Into Northern Syria Russian air strikes in Syria are coming closer and closer to the Turkish border in Latakia in the northwest, and there are rumors that Russia is looking at establishing an airbase at Qamishli in the largely Kurdish northeast of Syria. Turkey risks having Russia as a […]
Chomsky hits back at Erdogan, accuses him of aiding terrorists
Chomsky hits back at Erdogan, accuses him of aiding terrorists Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Noam Chomsky © Stringer / Reuters Prominent US linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky has lashed out at Turkish President Recep Erdogan, who has accused him of being “dark” and having “mentality of colonialism” for signing an open letter protesting […]
Turkey’s Erdogan Praises “Hitler’s Germany” As Example Of Effective Government
Turkey’s Erdogan Praises “Hitler’s Germany” As Example Of Effective Government Back in August, Nationalist opposition leader Devlet Bahceli took to Twitter to call Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a “locally produced Hitler, Stalin or Qaddafi”: Devlet Bahçeli ✔@dbdevletbahceli Yönetim sistemi bir kişinin eline kaldıysa vay halimize! Bizim yerli üretimHitler’e, Stalin’e, Kaddafi’ye tahammülümüz olmaz, bu iyi biline 1:47 PM […]
Turkey Arrests Journalists Who Exposed Erdogan’s Weapons Smuggling To Extremist Syrian Rebels
Turkey Arrests Journalists Who Exposed Erdogan’s Weapons Smuggling To Extremist Syrian Rebels One of Turkish president Recep Erdogan’s key contentions in the ongoing diplomatic spat with Russia is that everything that Russia has accused Turkey of doing, from funding the Islamic State’s oil purchases, to providing weapons for Syrian “rebels” intent on eradicating the Assad […]
Meet The Man Who Funds ISIS: Bilal Erdogan, The Son Of Turkey’s President
Meet The Man Who Funds ISIS: Bilal Erdogan, The Son Of Turkey’s President Russia’s Sergey Lavrov is not one foreign minister known to mince his words. Just earlier today, 24 hours after a Russian plane was brought down by the country whose president three years ago said “a short-term border violation can never be a pretext for […]
US Ally Turkey Throws Journalists In Jail For “Attempting To Overthrow The Government”
US Ally Turkey Throws Journalists In Jail For “Attempting To Overthrow The Government” Let’s just be clear: while it’s not precisely clear what combination of voter fraud, intimidation, and coercion ultimately led to Sunday’s sweeping ballot box victory for AKP in Turkey, there’s little question that the election results reflect the will of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan more […]
Another Black Swan? Turkey Holds Snap Elections Amid NATO-Backed Civil War
Another Black Swan? Turkey Holds Snap Elections Amid NATO-Backed Civil War There’s a potential black swan event taking place in Turkey on Sunday and no one seems to care. That is, the media isn’t devoting nearly enough coverage to Turkish elections considering the impact the outcome will invariably have on the situation in Syria, on […]
