Posts Tagged: Recep Erdogan
Could Sunday’s Election in Turkey Be Its Last?
JNS.org - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s suffocating hold on power in Turkey, and the deterioration of the country’s democracy and Islamist-based foreign relations, is...
The Erdogan Enigma
I nominate Recep Tayyip Erdogan, president of Turkey, as the most inconsistent, mysterious and therefore most unpredictable major politician on the world stage. His victory...
Erdogan Exploits Islam for Personal and Political Gain
Anyone who follows Turkish President Erdogan’s political career cannot escape the conclusion that he has carefully and systematically crafted policies framed in Islamic clothing. He...
Erdogan’s Lust for Power Is Destroying Turkey’s Democracy
This is the first in a series of articles based in part on eyewitness accounts about the rapidly deteriorating socio-political conditions in Turkey, and what...
Riots in Turkey and Tens of Thousands Dead in Syria, Caused by West Bank Settlements?
Just imagine... If in Israel there were widespread protests involving tens of thousands throughout the country calling out Prime Minister Netanyahu, there would be...
Turkey Protests: Can Erdogan Weather the Storm?
Can Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, pictured, weather the storm of Turkey protests that erupted over the weekend? Photo: World Economic Forum. JNS.org - Widespread...
Turkish Police Fire Tear Gas at Crowd Massing Near Erdogan’s Istanbul Office
Al Arabiya - Turkish police fired tear gas Monday to disperse protestors massing near Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Istanbul office in a fourth...
Erdogan Rejects Dictator Charge
Ynet - Turkey's prime minister on Sunday rejected claims that he is an authoritarian leader, dismissing protesters as an extremist fringe even as hundreds moved...
Violent Anti-Erdogan Protests Engulf Istanbul
JNS.org - Widespread protests against Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan erupted over the weekend, as Erdogan's increasingly authoritative policies have angered many Turks, especially within the...
Turkish Neo-Ottomanism is Threatened by Iran
The understandings reached between Israel and Turkey in efforts to normalize their relations raise a more fundamental issue about relations between states...
“Some of My Best Friends are Antisemites”: Obama Nominates Hagel
"Europe's leaders—and all leaders—should strongly oppose antisemitism, which poisons public debates over the future of the Middle East." -President George W....
What Does ‘Mildly Islamist’ Mean?
The Economist, amongst many others, loves to refer to Recep Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey, and his Justice and Development Party, as "mildly Islamist". He...
Say Hello to the New Tribal Middle East
A recent picture taken in Gaza reveals more than all the sanctimonious speeches calling on Israel to be "humane" or "proportional" in fighting the Islamic terror state in Gaza that has made life a...
