Posts Tagged: Tayyep Erdogan
In Turkey, Erdogan Grooms a New Jihadi Generation
First, he promised to build a new, "religious generation." Now, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears to be going one step further: creating, too, a new...
The Fall of Turkey’s Would-Be Emperor
Turkish President Erdogan has recently come under intense criticism for his unwillingness to come to the aid of the beleaguered Syrian Kurds in the city...
Turkey’s Erdogan Fails to Win Over New York City
The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, appeared at an hour-long on-the-record event at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York yesterday afternoon. The complete...
The Limits of Democracy in the Middle East
Programmatic do-gooders, people who think themselves morally bound to leap to the side of those who seem to be underdogs, unwittingly are asking Israel to...
Turkey’s Erdogan is Fanning the Flames of Anti-Semitism
When it comes to the safety of the Jewish community in Turkey, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan seems to think he can have it both...
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...
Israel Allows Turkish Aid Trucks Into Gaza As Gesture of Goodwill
Israel has allowed the passage of Turkish trucks carrying materials for the construction of the Turkish-Palestine Friendship Hospital into Gaza, Turkey's Hurriyet Daily News reported. With...
Israel and Hamas: Every War Must End
At a time when the political discourse in Israel is focusing on how the current operation in Gaza should have come to an...
Erdogan, Ahmadinejad Meet Amid Syria Tensions
Hurriyet -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reportedly discussed their differences over Syria during an unscheduled meeting this...
Is Turkish-Israeli Reconciliation Imminent?
The fact that Israeli and Turkish officials have begun to renew dialogue at a time of significant uncertainty and turmoil in the broader Middle East...
