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An Undeserved Apology to Islamist Turkey
FRONTPAGEMAG.COM 26 March 2013
By Joseph Klein
Thanks to President Barack Obama, Turkey’s Islamist Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan extorted an undeserved apology from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in return for promising to restore normalized diplomatic relations with Israel and dropping trumped up charges against Israeli military personnel. After exacting his pound of flesh, Erdogan then began to backtrack on both of his own promises
Before departing Israel for Jordan on the last leg of his trip to the Middle East, President Obama arranged for Prime Minister Netanyahu to submit to Erdogan’s demand to apologize for the deaths of eight Turkish nationals and one Turkish-American citizen resulting from Israel’s interdiction of the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish ship that was part of an anti-Israel activist flotilla attempting to break Israel’s lawful naval blockade of Gaza in 2010. Israel will also be paying several millions of dollars in compensation to the victims’ families. 
Women with five children to retire 10 years earlier
Today's Zaman 25 March 2013
By ISA YAZAR, ANKARA
Women with five children or more will be able to retire 10 years earlier than other female workers as part of a campaign by the government to promote having children due to a
The Meaning and Consequences of Israel’s Apology to Turkey
FrontPage Magazine 25 March 2013
By Caroline Glick
US President Barack Obama was on the line when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to apologize for the deaths of nine Turkish protesters aboard the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara on May 31, 2010
For those who don’t remember, the Mavi Marmara was a Turkish ship that set sail in a bid to break Israel’s lawful maritime blockade of Hamas-controlled Gaza’s coastline. When Israeli naval commandos boarded the ship to interdict it, passengers on deck attacked them – in breach of international maritime law. Soldiers were stabbed, bludgeoned and thrown overboard.
Liberman calls Turkey apology a ‘serious mistake’
Right Side News 25 March 2013
By Adiv Sterman
Former foreign minister Avigdor Liberman slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday for his decision to apologize to his Turkish counterpart for the "operational
Erdogan: No Quick Restoration of Ties With Israel
ABC News 25 March 2013
By SUZAN FRASER
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested "normalization" of ties with Israel would take time, hinting that Turkey wanted to ensure the victims of a flotilla raid
Erdogan Orders Resumption Of Ties With Israel Following Apology
Empowered News 25 March 2013
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister received a call from the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, who apologized for the death of Turkish citizens in
'Syria crisis necessitated Turkey apology'
JPOST.COM 25 March 2013
By HERB KEINON
Israel has apologized to Turkey – for killing nine Turks on the Mavi Marmara three years ago – because of the volatile situation in Syria, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu
Hamas Official says Abbas May Visit Gaza with Erdogan
The Jewish Press 25 March 2013
By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu
What will Israel get in return for Netanyahu’s apologizing to Turkey for IDF soldiers defending their lives? A former senior adviser to Hamas says Abbas may visit Gaza with
Row erupts over lesbian foster home for Muslim boy
Radio Netherlands 21 March 2013
A 9-year-old Dutch boy of Turkish origin is at the centre of a growing row between the Netherlands and Turkey. When Yunus was a few months old, child social services in the
Turkey's Erdogan and the Zenith of Hypocrisy
American Thinker 21 March 2013
By Steven Simpson
Turkey's Islamist prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is once again engaging in his favorite political pastime - Israel-bashing
Late last month at a U.N. convention held ironically to promote religious tolerance, Erdogan lambasted Israel by calling Zionism "a crime against humanity." Indeed, Erdogan even outdid the biggest anti-Israel institution in the world - the United Nations - which in 1975 passed its infamous "Zionism is Racism" resolution.
Erdogan ‘I Am a Servant of Sharia’
sheikyermami 21 March 2013
Of course he is. That’s why Obama loves him, not only for his long eyelashes. Andrew McCarthy "Thank God almighty, I am a servant of sharia.” It was 1994, and Recep
"Try not to place Turkish children with Belgian families"
Expatica Netherlands 21 March 2013
Turkey has asked Belgium to try and place Turkish children with foster parents to whom they are related or at least with Muslim families if this is at all possible. Such
Vice-Chairman Of Turkish AKP Gives Keynote At Muslim Council of Britain Dinner
The Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Report 19 March 2013
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has announced that the keynote speaker for its fourth annual Muslim Leadership Dinner was the Vice Chairman of the AKP (Justice and
Bulgarian Turks: Revival Process Should Be Included in Schoolbooks
Novinite.com 19 March 2013
The former Bulgarian Communist's regime attempt to forcefully assimilate Bulgarian Muslims, known and the "Revival Process", should be included in the country's history
Daily under fire for manipulative article over penguin's headscarf
Today's Zaman 19 March 2013
The loyalty of the Hürriyet daily to the principles of journalism has been called into question after the paper published a news report early this week unjustly accusing Timas
Commercial Bank of Qatar to buy 71% of Alternatifbank
Arab News 19 March 2013
DUBAI: Commercial Bank of Qatar CBQ) has agreed to buy a 70.8 percent stake in Turkish lender Alternatifbank, underscoring Gulf Arab lenders’ appetite to expand into Europe’s
Main target of hate speech in Turkey is... you guessed it... the Jews
Israel Matzav 19 March 2013
I suppose that none of you will be surprised to hear that the biggest target of hate speech in Turkey is... the Jews. The Hrant Dink Foundation, a Turkish organization
Museum Wars: Ankara Demands Artifacts from Berlin
Spiegel Online 15 March 2013
German museums and archaeologists fear that Turkey is punishing them for not repatriating contested artifacts. In a SPIEGEL interview, Turkish Culture Minister Ömer Çelik
Turkey to pay university expenses of Rohingya Muslim students
World Bulletin 15 March 2013
The Turkish Religious Affairs Foundation (TDV) started a project for the Rohingya Muslim students in order to cover their university expenses. A hundred students are to be
14 March 2013: International Day to Defend Apostates and Blasphemers
Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain 13 March 2013
Press Release
Countless individuals accused of apostasy and blasphemy face threats, imprisonment, and execution
Blasphemy laws in over 30 countries and apostasy laws in over 20 aim primarily to restrict thought, expression and the rights of Muslims, ex-Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
On 14 March 2013, we, the undersigned, call for an international day of action to defend apostates and blasphemers worldwide by highlighting ten cases though there are countless more.
