Posts Tagged: AKP
Turkey’s Justice Minister Says Erdogan Will Be Reelected in 2028, Despite Constitutional Term Limits
Turkish Justice Minister Akın Gurlek said on Friday that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be reelected in the country's next election, as senior officials in...
Turkish Opposition Figure Criticizes ‘Jewish’ Award, After Founder of Ruling Party Claims ‘Jewish Bankers’ Control US Economy
A founding member of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) accused Zionist Jews on Tuesday of secretly controlling the US economy, days before a leading opposition...
Erdogan-Linked Group Suspected of Being a Turkish Front in US
The group MUSIAD USA sent letters to several US senators last week, protesting sanctions the Trump administration imposed on Turkey over its continuing detention of...
Trump’s Disappointing Silence on Erdogan’s Excesses
The man with the bullhorn had already been knocked to the ground, and repeatedly kicked and beaten. Despite that, the man in the sharp suit (and with a handgun...
How Erdogan’s Victory Might Be Europe’s Defeat
Over lunch in Istanbul last week, a friend and I spoke about the upcoming Turkish referendum. "Many European Turks are likely to vote 'yes,'" I...
Will Turkey’s New Diplomatic Push Reduce Its American Muslim Brotherhood Support?
Turkey is mending fences with Egypt and cutting back its support for the Muslim Brotherhood in response to the deadly terror attacks that have struck...
Erdogan Landslide No Threat to Country’s Jews, Says Turkish-Jewish Journalist
The stunning victory of the conservative Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey does not pose a threat to Turkish Jewry, Turkish-Jewish columnist and blogger Karel Valansi told The Algemeiner on Thursday. Valansi, the political...
Ankara Inspecting Jewish-Turkish Business Mogul for Support of ‘Parallel Movement’
The Ankara Public Prosecutor is inspecting claims that the chairman of one of Turkey's largest business conglomerates has provided financial and moral support to the so-called "parallel structure," Turkish media reported...
Turkish Newspaper Accuses ‘Jewish Businessman’ Murdoch of Spreading Kurdish Terrorist Propaganda
An Islamist newspaper in Turkey accused the Wall Street Journal and its "Jewish businessman" owner Rupert Murdoch over the weekend of spreading "propaganda" for Kurdish terrorism. Newspaper Yeni Akit, which...
Jewish Activist in Turkey Blames Erdoğan’s Incitement for Violence Against Jews as Israeli Diplomats Withdrawn
"Things are getting serious here," a Jewish activist in Turkey told The Algemeiner on Friday, as riots in Ankara and Istanbul at Israel's embassy...
European Parliament Member: Turkey Has Replaced Kemalism With Islamism
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) was initially rewarded by the European Union for changing Turkey's Kemalist state ideology, but Kemalism...
Turkey Continues Its Irrevocable Slide to Becoming an Islamic Theocracy
Modern Turkey bears little resemblance to the secular republic created by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in 1923. Over the past decade, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's...
