Posts Tagged: Turkey Protests
Looking at 2013 Across the Middle East
As the year 2013 comes to a close, we take with us to 2014 the shame of the horrifying tragedy in Syria, the deep trepidations...
Turkey’s Erdogan is an Islamist Bully
After over 50 years of Israeli-Turkish intelligence co-operation and sharing, the Turkish disclosure to Iran of the identities of Mossad operatives - apparently subsequently executed,...
Amnesty International Slams Turkey on Human Rights Violations
JNS.org - Amnesty International slammed Turkey in a new report for committing human rights violations "on a huge scale" during the Gezi Park protests...
Turkey Silences a Secularist
The Turkish criminal courts have increasingly been used to further Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Islamist agenda through hate-speech prosecutions. The May 22 sentencing...
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Blames ‘Jewish Diaspora’ for Country’s Unrest
The "Jewish diaspora" is a main culprit behind recent unrest in Turkey, the country's Deputy Prime Minister Beşir Atalay claimed Monday, according to Hurriyet...
Analysis: Obama Admin Sending Highly Confusing Mideast Policy Messages, Experts Say
Fox News - HAIFA, Israel - With violence and chaos surrounding Israel, policy experts within the Jewish state say the Obama administration is...
Turkish Unrest Restricts Erdogan’s International Activism
Jerusalem Post - The unrest in Turkey is forcing Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to expend his political capital at home, possibly leading to a more...
A Modest Proposal for a New ‘Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions’ Campaign
There is a country in the Middle East which makes a great play of being a democracy and about espousing Western ideals regarding human rights,...
Turkey, Amid Islamization and Anti-Semitism, Fit for EU Membership?
JNS.org - It's a familiar pattern. The citizens of a Middle Eastern state explode with frustration against their corrupt, repressive government. They gather for noisy, impassioned demonstrations...
What Turkey’s Riots Mean
Rebellion has shaken Turkey since May 31: Is it comparable to the Arab upheavals that overthrew four rulers since 2011, to Iran's Green Movement of 2009...
Erdogan Welcomes Hamas Leaders to Turkey
Jerusalem Post - Even as the EU canceled a parliamentary visit to Ankara scheduled for Wednesday, and UN Secretary-General Ban Kimoon criticized Turkey for...
Erdogan Associate Blames American ‘Jewish Lobby’ for Turkey Protests
An associate of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan posted this past weekend a note to a social media account in which he claimed that...
Erdogan Rejects European Parliament Criticism
Embattled Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan maintained his defiant tone Thursday, lashing out at the European Parliament for its criticism of the Turkish government's...
Report: Mossad Director Meets With Head of Turkish Intelligence in Ankara
JNS.org - The head of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency, Tamir Pardo, met secretly with the Turkish intelligence agency's undersecretary, Hakan Fidan, on June 10 in...
